the Moose

Also known as: Moose / Möz · Role: Meeta · First appears: Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 8

In Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 8, the Moose was married to the wife of the Moose. One day, he cut flesh from her shoulder and healed the wound to feed Manabozho. When Manabozho invited him to visit and bring a cedar sack, the Moose found him cutting the back of the arrow-maker’s daughter (Manabozho legend); “you are killing your wife,” he said, then used his drum and rattle to restore her to life. The Moose also cut pieces from his own thighs for Manabozho, saying, “This is the way we do.”

In Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 9, Manabozho sent a red stick inviting the Moose to a feast with his friends. When the enchanted meat made the guests cough, Manabozho transformed them into squirrels.

Relationship record

Life events

The Moose cut flesh from his wife's shoulder and healed the wound to feed Manabozho.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 8)
- With: Manabozho the wife of the Moose
- “He walked up to her, and untying the covering of the armlet from her back, cut off a large piece of flesh from the square of her shoulder. He then put some medicine on it, which immediately healed the wound.”
Manabozho invited the Moose to visit him and bring a cedar sack.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 8)
- With: Manabozho
- “‘Tell your father,’ he replied, ‘to come and visit me, and I will give him what you shall eat with your meat.’”
The Moose visited Manabozho, who cut his wife's back; the Moose restored her to life with his drum and rattle.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 8)
- With: Manabozho the arrow-maker’s daughter (Manabozho legend)
- “He then cut her back shockingly, paying no attention to her cries or resistance, until he saw her fall down, from the loss of blood. ‘Manabozho,’ said the Moose, ‘you are killing your wife.’ He immediately ran for his drum and rattle, and restored her to life by his skill.”
The Moose cut flesh from his own thighs and gave it to Manabozho.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 8)
- With: Manabozho
- “The Moose then cut large pieces of flesh off his own thighs, without the least injury to himself, and gave them to Manabozho, saying, with a contemptuous air, ‘This is the way we do.’”
Manabozho transformed the feast guests into squirrels after their coughing revealed the meat was enchanted.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 9)
- With: Manabozho Akewazi the large redheaded Woodpecker
- “until Manabozho, exerting his former power, which he now felt to be renewed, transformed them all into the Adjidamo, or squirrel, an animal which is still found to have the habit of barking, or coughing, whenever it sees any one approach its nest.”

Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 8

married with the wife of the Moose “His wife was seated with her back toward him, making garters.”
child: the young Moose “The young Mozonsug saw him and told their father Manabozho was at the door.”
recipient: Manabozho “The Moose then cut large pieces of flesh off his own thighs, without the least injury to himself, and gave them to Manabozho, saying, with a contemptuous air, ‘This is the way we do.’”
recipient: the arrow-maker’s daughter (Manabozho legend) “He immediately ran for his drum and rattle, and restored her to life by his skill.”

Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 9

friends with Manabozho “Of these he cut off as many pieces, of equal length, as would serve to invite his friends to a feast. A red stick was sent to each one, not forgetting the Moose and the Woodpecker.”
enemies with Manabozho “But the more they ate the faster they coughed and the louder became the uproar, until Manabozho, exerting his former power, which he now felt to be renewed, transformed them all into the Adjidamo, or squirrel, an animal which is still found to have the habit of barking, or coughing, whenever it sees any one approach its nest.”

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