the Otter

Also known as: Otter · Role: companion · First appears: Ojeeg Annung; or, the Summer-Maker · Part 1

In Ojeeg Annung; or, the Summer-Maker · Part 1, the Otter attended Ojeeg’s feast, where the companions planned to begin a journey in three days. He laughed at the great Manito, who sprang on him to smother him; the Otter escaped through the door, but left “with the curse of the Manito.”

In Ojeeg Annung; or, the Summer-Maker · Part 2, Ojeeg met the Otter shivering with cold and gave him some of the meat he had brought along.

Relationship record

Life events

• Ojeeg held a feast and invited his companions to join a journey.(Ojeeg Annung; or, the Summer-Maker · Part 1)
  • With: Ojeeg the Beaver the Lynx (Ojeeg Annung legend) the Badger (Ojeeg Annung legend) the Wolverine
  • “Next day he had a bear roasted whole. All who had been invited to the feast came punctually to the appointment. There were the Otter, Beaver, Lynx, Badger, and Wolverine.”
• Ojeeg and his companions arranged to begin their journey.(Ojeeg Annung; or, the Summer-Maker · Part 1)
  • With: Ojeeg the Beaver the Lynx (Ojeeg Annung legend) the Badger (Ojeeg Annung legend) the Wolverine
  • “After the feast, they arranged it among themselves to set out on the contemplated journey in three days.”
• The great Manito attacked the Otter after he laughed, but the Otter escaped and was cursed.(Ojeeg Annung; or, the Summer-Maker · Part 1)
  • With: the great Manito (Ojeeg Annung legend)
  • “The Manito looked at him with a terrible look, and then made a spring at him, and got on him to smother him, for that was his mode of killing animals. But the Otter, when he felt him on his neck, slipped his head back and made for the door, which he passed in safety; but went out with the curse of the Manito.”
• Ojeeg Annung gave the shivering Otter some of his meat.(Ojeeg Annung; or, the Summer-Maker · Part 2)
  • With: Ojeeg
  • “Ojeeg had taken care to bring along some of the meat that had been given him, which he presented to his friend.”

Ojeeg Annung; or, the Summer-Maker · Part 1

• enemies with the great Manito (Ojeeg Annung legend) “The Manito looked at him with a terrible look, and then made a spring at him, and got on him to smother him, for that was his mode of killing animals.”
• friends with Ojeeg “Ojeeg told him that it was a great undertaking. He must first make a feast, and invite some of his friends to accompany him on a journey. Next day he had a bear roasted whole. All who had been invited to the feast came punctually to the appointment. There were the Otter, Beaver, Lynx, Badger, and Wolverine.”

Ojeeg Annung; or, the Summer-Maker · Part 2

• friends with Ojeeg “They set off in the morning, and met their friend, the Otter, shivering with cold; but Ojeeg had taken care to bring along some of the meat that had been given him, which he presented to his friend.”
• benefactor: Ojeeg “They set off in the morning, and met their friend, the Otter, shivering with cold; but Ojeeg had taken care to bring along some of the meat that had been given him, which he presented to his friend.”

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