the old man (Mishemokwa legend)

Role: Manito · First appears: Mishemokwa; or, the War with the Gigantic Bear · Part 2

In Mishemokwa; or, the War with the Gigantic Bear · Part 2, the old man grants shelter to the leader and his companions as the bear pursues them, welcoming them as “my grandchildren.” He takes out two small black dogs and pats one until it grows enormous and fights Mishemokwa. “A terrible combat ensued.”

Relationship record

Life events

• The old man grants the leader and his companions protection from the pursuing bear.(Mishemokwa; or, the War with the Gigantic Bear · Part 2)
  • With: the youngest brother (Mishemokwa legend)
  • “The leader spoke to the old man who sat in the lodge saying, ‘Nemesho, help us. We claim your protection, for the great bear will kill us.’ ‘Sit down and eat, my grandchildren,’ said the old man.”
• The old man's first small black dog grows enormous and fights the bear.(Mishemokwa; or, the War with the Gigantic Bear · Part 2)
  • With: the first small black dog (Mishemokwa legend) Mishemokwa
  • “Taking out two small black dogs, he placed them before him. ‘These are the ones I use when I fight,’ said he; and he commenced patting, with both hands, the sides of one of them, and they began to swell out, so that he soon filled the lodge by his bulk.”

Mishemokwa; or, the War with the Gigantic Bear · Part 2

• enemies with Mishemokwa “A terrible combat ensued.”
• recipient: the youngest brother (Mishemokwa legend) “‘Nemesho, help us. We claim your protection, for the great bear will kill us.’ ‘Sit down and eat, my grandchildren,’ said the old man.”
• recipient: Mudjekewis “‘Nemesho, help us. We claim your protection, for the great bear will kill us.’ ‘Sit down and eat, my grandchildren,’ said the old man.”
• recipient: the eldest (Mishemokwa legend) “‘Nemesho, help us. We claim your protection, for the great bear will kill us.’ ‘Sit down and eat, my grandchildren,’ said the old man.”

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