the antelope (Pawnee tale)

Role: antelope · First appears: How The Deer Lost His Gall

In “How The Deer Lost His Gall,” long ago, the deer (Pawnee tale) and the antelope disputed which could run faster, and became rivals. The antelope won their race and took the deer’s gall; afterward, to cheer him up, the antelope gave him his dew-claws.

Relationship record

Life events

• The antelope won their race and took the deer's gall.(How The Deer Lost His Gall · 📍 the prairie)
  • With: the deer (Pawnee tale)
  • “The antelope ran the faster, and won, and took the deer's gall.”
• The antelope gave the deer his dew-claws.(How The Deer Lost His Gall)
  • With: the deer (Pawnee tale)
  • “to cheer him up, he took off his dew-claws and gave them to him.”

How The Deer Lost His Gall

• rivals with the deer (Pawnee tale) “Each one, the deer and the antelope, claimed that he could run faster than any other animal, and at length they became very angry in their dispute, and determined that they would have a race.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales. Made with Rho MD.