the man (Myth 78)

Role: a man in Nottely town · First appears: Myth 78 · The Nûñne'hi and Other Spirit Folk · Part 1

In Myth 78, at Nottely town, he went with the stranger up the river to his house for dinner. The stranger’s wife and the others welcomed him, and he ate, played with the other children, and slept there that night.

In the morning, the stranger guided him along a trail toward home, then returned to the house. When he reached the river trail, people ran to meet him, fearing he had drowned or been killed in the mountains. His mother told him that the people he had visited were the Nûñne'hi, and that where he had seen a house there were only trees and rocks.

Relationship record

Life events

• The boy went with the stranger up the river to his house.(Myth 78 · The Nûñne'hi and Other Spirit Folk · Part 1 · 📍 Nottely town)
  • With: the stranger (Myth 78)
  • “The boy said, ‘No’; that he was going home to dinner soon. ‘Come right up to my house,’ said the stranger, ‘and I'll give you a good dinner there and bring you home again in the morning.’ So the boy went with him up the river until they came to a house, when they went in”
• The boy was welcomed, fed, and given a place to sleep at the stranger’s house.(Myth 78 · The Nûñne'hi and Other Spirit Folk · Part 1 · 📍 Nottely town)
  • With: the stranger (Myth 78)
  • “the man's wife and the other people there were very glad to see him, and gave him a fine dinner, and were very kind to him. While they were eating a man that the boy knew very well came in and spoke to him, so that he felt quite at home. After dinner he played with the other children and slept there that night”
• The stranger guided the boy toward home, then returned to the house.(Myth 78 · The Nûñne'hi and Other Spirit Folk · Part 1 · 📍 Nottely town)
  • With: the stranger (Myth 78)
  • “in the morning, after breakfast, the man got ready to take him home. They went down a path that had a cornfield on one side and a peach orchard fenced in on the other, until they came to another trail, and the man said, ‘Go along this trail across that ridge and you will come to the river road that will bring you straight to your home, and now I'll go back to the house.’ So the man went back to the house”
• The boy returned home, and his mother identified the people he had visited as the Nûñne'hi.(Myth 78 · The Nûñne'hi and Other Spirit Folk · Part 1 · 📍 Nottely town)
  • With: his mother (Myth 78)
  • “He thought it very queer, but somehow he was not frightened, and went on until he came to the river trail in sight of his home. There were a great many people standing about talking, and when they saw him they ran toward him shouting, ‘Here he is! He is not drowned or killed in the mountains!’”
• His mother said there was no house there and that the people he saw were the Nûñne'hi.(Myth 78 · The Nûñne'hi and Other Spirit Folk · Part 1 · 📍 Nottely town)
  • With: his mother (Myth 78)
  • “But Udsi'skala said, ‘I haven't seen you. I was out all day in my canoe hunting you. It was one of the Nûñne'hi that made himself look like me.’ Then his mother said, ‘You say you had dinner there?’ ‘Yes, and I had plenty, too,’ said the boy; but his mother answered, ‘There is no house there--only trees and rocks--but we hear a drum sometimes in the big bald above. The people you saw were the Nûñne'hi.’”

Myth 78 · The Nûñne'hi and Other Spirit Folk · Part 1

• benefactor: the stranger (Myth 78) (The stranger offers the boy dinner and lodging.) “Come right up to my house,” said the stranger, “and I'll give you a good dinner there and bring you home again in the morning.”
• parent: his mother (Myth 78) (The narration identifies her as the boy's mother.) “Then his mother said, ‘You say you had dinner there?’”

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Extracted from the original text of Myths of the Cherokee. Made with Rho MD.