the crane (Addik Kum Maig legend)

Role: bird · First appears: Addik Kum Maig; or, the Origin of the White Fish

In Addik Kum Maig; or, the Origin of the White Fish, at Pauwateeg, the crane carried the elder son (Addik Kum Maig legend) and the younger son (Addik Kum Maig legend) across the falls to escape a spirit after they called to him for help. Before they were halfway across the rapids, the handsome wife (Addik Kum Maig legend) touched his injured head, and he threw her into the rapids; he changed her into Addik Kum Maig, whose brains became a new species of fish.

In gratitude for their deliverance, the famous hunter (Addik Kum Maig legend)’s family adopted the crane as their totem and ancestral mark, which remained the band’s distinguishing tribal sign.

Relationship record

Life events

• The crane carried the sons safely across the falls to escape the woman's spirit.(Addik Kum Maig; or, the Origin of the White Fish · 📍 Pauwateeg)
  • With: the elder son (Addik Kum Maig legend) the younger son (Addik Kum Maig legend)
  • “They called out to the bird, ‘See, grandfather, we are persecuted by a spirit. Come and take us across the falls, so that we may escape her.’”
• The crane threw the woman's skull into the rapids after she touched his injured head.(Addik Kum Maig; or, the Origin of the White Fish)
  • With: the handsome wife (Addik Kum Maig legend)
  • “Instantly the crane threw her into the rapids.”
• The crane changed the woman into Addik Kum Maig, whose brains became a new species of fish.(Addik Kum Maig; or, the Origin of the White Fish)
  • With: the handsome wife (Addik Kum Maig legend)
  • “you shall now be changed into something for the benefit of your people, and it shall be called Addik Kum Maig.”
• The man's family adopted the crane as their totem and ancestral mark.(Addik Kum Maig; or, the Origin of the White Fish)
  • With: the famous hunter (Addik Kum Maig legend)
  • “The family of this man, in gratitude for their deliverance, adopted the crane as their totem, or ancestral mark; and this continues to be the distinguishing tribal sign of the band to this day.”

Addik Kum Maig; or, the Origin of the White Fish

• recipient: the elder son (Addik Kum Maig legend) “When he heard himself addressed, he stretched forth his neck with great deliberation, and lifting himself by his wings, flew across to their assistance.”
• recipient: the younger son (Addik Kum Maig legend) “When he heard himself addressed, he stretched forth his neck with great deliberation, and lifting himself by his wings, flew across to their assistance.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends. Made with Rho MD.