his mother (Myth 78)

Role: the boy's mother · First appears: Myth 78 · The Nûñne'hi and Other Spirit Folk · Part 1

Life events

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: the man (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: the man (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.’”

child: the man (Myth 78) (The narration identifies her as the boy's mother.) “Then his mother said, ‘You say you had dinner there?’”

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