the hunter (Myth 53)

Role: hunter · First appears: Myth 53 · The Hunter and the Uksu'hi

Life events

The uksu'hi snake caught the hunter, coiled around him, and dragged him toward the river.(Myth 53 · The Hunter and the Uksu'hi)
- With: the uksu'hi snake (Myth 53)
- “With all his running the uksu'hi gained rapidly, and just as he reached the low ground it caught up with him and wrapped around him, pinning one arm down by his side, but leaving the other free.”
The hunter slapped his sweaty hand on the snake's nose, and it released him and fled.(Myth 53 · The Hunter and the Uksu'hi)
- With: the uksu'hi snake (Myth 53)
- “Then withdrawing it he grasped at a bush until the snake turned its head, when he quickly slapped his sweaty hand on its nose. The uksu'hi gave one gasp almost as if it had been wounded, loosened its coil, and glided swiftly away through the bushes, leaving the hunter, bruised but not disabled, to make his way home to Hickory-log.”

enemies with the uksu'hi snake (Myth 53) “With all his running the uksu'hi gained rapidly, and just as he reached the low ground it caught up with him and wrapped around him, pinning one arm down by his side, but leaving the other free.”

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