Shawondasee

Also known as: South-Wind / the South-Wind · Family: Four Winds · Role: the South-Wind · First appears: II · The Four Winds · Part 1

In “II · The Four Winds,” Mudjekeewis gave Shawondasee the South-Wind, along with the East-Wind to Wabun and the North-Wind to Kabibonokka, Shawondasee’s brother. The winds took stations in the heavens, while Mudjekeewis kept the West-Wind. At the prairie, Shawondasee sighed and puffed away a dandelion he had mistaken for a maiden.

In “XVII · The Hunting of Pau-Puk-Keewis,” the South-Wind buoyed and carried Pau-Puk-Keewis and the brants northward.

Relationship record

Life events

• Mudjekeewis gave the East, South, and North winds to his children.(II · The Four Winds · Part 1)
  • With: Mudjekeewis Wabun Kabibonokka
  • “Gave the others to his children; Unto Wabun gave the East-Wind, Gave the South to Shawondasee, And the North-Wind, wild and cruel, To the fierce Kabibonokka.”
• Shawondasee sighed and puffed away the prairie dandelion he had mistaken for a maiden.(II · The Four Winds · Part 2 · 📍 the prairie)
  • “’T was the prairie dandelion That through all the dreamy Summer You had gazed at with such longing, You had sighed for with such passion, And had puffed away forever, Blown into the air with sighing.”
• The Four Winds were divided into stations in the heavens, while Mudjekeewis kept the West-Wind.(II · The Four Winds · Part 2 · 📍 the heavens)
  • With: Mudjekeewis Kabibonokka
  • “Thus the Four Winds were divided Thus the sons of Mudjekeewis Had their stations in the heavens, At the corners of the heavens; For himself the West-Wind only Kept the mighty Mudjekeewis.”
• The South-wind buoyed and carried Pau-Puk-Keewis and the brants northward.(XVII · The Hunting of Pau-Puk-Keewis · Part 2)
  • With: Pau-Puk-Keewis
  • “On the morrow as they journeyed, Buoyed and lifted by the South-wind, Wafted onward by the South-wind, Blowing fresh and strong behind them,”

II · The Four Winds · Part 1

• parent: Mudjekeewis “Gave the others to his children; Unto Wabun gave the East-Wind, Gave the South to Shawondasee,”

II · The Four Winds · Part 2

• parent: Mudjekeewis “Thus the sons of Mudjekeewis Had their stations in the heavens, At the corners of the heavens; For himself the West-Wind only Kept the mighty Mudjekeewis.”
• siblings with Kabibonokka “Ah! my brother from the North-land, From the kingdom of Wabasso, From the land of the White Rabbit!”

IV · Hiawatha and Mudjekeewis · Part 1

• siblings with Hiawatha “First of Hiawatha’s brothers, First of Wabun, of the East-Wind, Of the South-Wind, Shawondasee,”

XVII · The Hunting of Pau-Puk-Keewis · Part 2

• recipient: Pau-Puk-Keewis “Buoyed and lifted by the South-wind, Wafted onward by the South-wind, Blowing fresh and strong behind them,”

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Extracted from the original text of The Song of Hiawatha. Made with Rho MD.