the brother's wife (Bokwewa legend)

Role: wife · First appears: Bokwewa; or, the Humpback Magician

In Bokwewa; or, the Humpback Magician, Bokwewa's brother found the corpse of a beautiful young woman and declared, “She shall be my wife!” Bokwewa performed ceremonies and restored her to life, and she and his brother lived happily for some time.

One day, the powerful Manito seized her despite her and Bokwewa’s resistance and carried her away. At the river, Bokwewa changed into a hair-snake; she scooped him from the water and carried him home. In a short time, the powerful Manito drank water containing the snake and died.

Relationship record

Life events

• Bokwewa's brother took the dead young woman's body and declared that she would be his wife.(Bokwewa; or, the Humpback Magician)
  • With: Bokwewa's brother
  • “He went to it and took it down. He saw that it was the corpse of a beautiful young woman. ‘She shall be my wife!’ he exclaimed.”
• Bokwewa restored the brother's wife to life.(Bokwewa; or, the Humpback Magician)
  • With: Bokwewa Bokwewa's brother
  • “Bokwewa said he would try. He performed numerous ceremonies, and at last succeeded in restoring her to life.”
• The powerful Manito seized the brother's wife and carried her away despite her and Bokwewa's resistance.(Bokwewa; or, the Humpback Magician)
  • With: the powerful Manito (Bokwewa legend) Bokwewa
  • “But their joint resistance was unavailing; the man succeeded in carrying her away.”
• Bokwewa transformed himself into a hair-snake, and the brother's wife carried him home in water.(Bokwewa; or, the Humpback Magician · 📍 the river)
  • With: Bokwewa
  • “He there changed himself into one of those hair-snakes which are sometimes seen in running water. When she came down, he spoke to her, saying, ‘Take me up; I am Bokwewa.’ She then scooped him out and went home.”
• The powerful Manito drank the water containing Bokwewa and died.(Bokwewa; or, the Humpback Magician)
  • With: the powerful Manito (Bokwewa legend) Bokwewa
  • “She handed him the water containing the hair-snake, which he drank, with the snake, and soon after was a dead Manito.”

Bokwewa; or, the Humpback Magician

• married with Bokwewa's brother “He took her up, and placing her on his back, returned to his brother. ‘Brother,’ he said, ‘cannot you restore her to life? Oh, do me that favor!’ Bokwewa said he would try. He performed numerous ceremonies, and at last succeeded in restoring her to life. They lived very happily for some time.”
• enemies with the powerful Manito (Bokwewa legend) “She resisted and called on Bokwewa, who jumped up to her assistance. But their joint resistance was unavailing; the man succeeded in carrying her away.”

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