the boy (Tale 35)

Family: Arikara · Role: child · First appears: Tale 35 · The Five Turtles and the Buffalo Dance

In Tale 35, the girl who gave birth to the child (Tale 35) gave birth to the boy. The people later found him standing under the altar, but caught and killed him, put him in a bag, and threw him into the river. the mysterious being (Tale 35) pulled him from the river, and at a hill on the Missouri River he was buried between two stones.

Relationship record

Life events

• The girl gave birth to the boy.(Tale 35 · The Five Turtles and the Buffalo Dance)
  • With: the girl who gave birth to the child (Tale 35)
  • “Iam tandem puerum parit.”
• The people found the boy standing under the altar.(Tale 35 · The Five Turtles and the Buffalo Dance)
  • With: the girl who gave birth to the child (Tale 35)
  • “After a while they found the child standing under the altar, grinning.”
• The people killed the boy and threw him into the river.(Tale 35 · The Five Turtles and the Buffalo Dance · 📍 the river)
  • “The people caught the child and killed it. They put it into a bag and threw the bag into the river.”
• The mysterious being rescued the boy from the river.(Tale 35 · The Five Turtles and the Buffalo Dance · 📍 the river)
  • With: the mysterious being (Tale 35)
  • “The man jumped in and pulled him out.”
• The boy was buried between two stones.(Tale 35 · The Five Turtles and the Buffalo Dance · 📍 the hill on the Missouri River)
  • With: the mysterious being (Tale 35)
  • “They buried the child between the two stones, and then went home.”

Tale 35 · The Five Turtles and the Buffalo Dance

• parent: the girl who gave birth to the child (Tale 35) “The mother told them that the child had been born, so the people looked around with lights, trying to find the child.”
• parent: the mysterious being (Tale 35) “The father of the child heard about this.”

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Extracted from the original text of Traditions of the Arikara. Made with Rho MD.