the stranger (Myth 78)

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

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 man (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 man (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 man (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”

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

• recipient: the man (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.”

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