the muskrat (Manabozho legend)

First appears: Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 6

Life events

Manabozho promised the muskrat land-or-water living or a chain of lakes if it fetched earth from below.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 6)
- With: Manabozho
- “‘Dive!’ said he, ‘and if you succeed, you may hereafter live either on land or water, as you please; or I will give you a chain of beautiful little lakes, surrounded with rushes, to inhabit.’”
Manabozho revived the senseless muskrat after its first dive.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 6)
- With: Manabozho
- “He took the body and breathed in his nostrils, which restored him to life.”
The muskrat brought up earth, and Manabozho created a new earth with living creatures and plants.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 6)
- With: Manabozho
- “He came up senseless the second time, but clutched a little earth in one of his paws, from which, together with the carcass of the dead loon, he created a new earth as large as the former had been, with all living animals, fowls, and plants.”

benefactor: Manabozho “He took the body and breathed in his nostrils, which restored him to life.”

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