the nephew (Chapter 046)

Role: nephew · First appears: The Old Man'S Lessons To His Nephew

Life events

The nephew departed to hunt after the old man gave him a bow and arrows.(The Old Man'S Lessons To His Nephew)
- With: the old man (Chapter 046)
- “Then the old man gave him the best bow and arrows, and in the morning he departed.”
The nephew returned with a deer he had killed.(The Old Man'S Lessons To His Nephew)
- “When he returned home he brought that which he had killed--a deer--and thought himself lucky for a first attempt.”
The bear escaped after the nephew shot at it and the uncle explained where he should have aimed.(The Old Man'S Lessons To His Nephew)
- With: the old man (Chapter 046)
- “Then the bear came down and made his way off, while the uncle was explaining that his meaning had been to shoot under the fore legs.”
Nobody came to the feast after the nephew misunderstood the uncle's instructions about inviting guests.(The Old Man'S Lessons To His Nephew)
- With: the old man (Chapter 046)
- “Yet when the day came and the feast was ready, nobody came.”
The nephew left to learn by experience after tiring of his uncle's parables.(The Old Man'S Lessons To His Nephew)
- “So they ate together, and then the young fellow went off in the world to learn his lessons by experience, for he had become tired of his uncle's parables.”

with the old man (Chapter 046) (Uncle and nephew.) “A man and his nephew lived together in a solitary place.”

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