the third old man (Red Swan legend)

Role: host · First appears: The Red Swan · Part 3

Toward nightfall in The Red Swan · Part 3, the third old man welcomed Odjibwa into his lodge and fed him. He told him that the Red Swan was the daughter of a magician. On the following morning in The Red Swan · Part 4, he gave Odjibwa a bag containing a present and wished him happiness into old age.

Relationship record

Life events

• The third old man welcomed Odjibwa to his lodge and fed him.(The Red Swan · Part 3)
  • With: Odjibwa
  • “Toward nightfall, he reached the third old man's lodge. Before coming to the door, he heard him saying, ‘Nosis, come in,’ and going in immediately, he felt quite at home. The old man prepared him something to eat”
• The third old man told Odjibwa that the Red Swan was the daughter of a magician.(The Red Swan · Part 3)
  • With: the Red Swan
  • “This Red Swan you are following, is the daughter of a magician”
• The third old man gave Odjibwa a bag containing a present.(The Red Swan · Part 4)
  • With: Odjibwa
  • “On the following morning when they were going to start, he pulled from the side of the lodge a bag, which he presented to the young man, saying, ‘Nosis, I give you this; it contains a present for you; and I hope you will live happily till old age.’”

The Red Swan · Part 3

• recipient: Odjibwa “The old man prepared him something to eat, acting as the other magicians had done, and his kettle was of the same dimensions and material.”

The Red Swan · Part 4

• recipient: Odjibwa “They then bid farewell to him and proceeded on.”

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