the hunter's wife (Jeebi legend)

Role: wife · First appears: The Jeebi; or, Two Ghosts

In The Jeebi; or, Two Ghosts, the hunter’s wife (Jeebi) lived with the hunter (Jeebi legend) and their child in a lodge far from others. One winter evening she welcomed the two strange females (Jeebi legend) into the lodge. They explained that they had come from the land of the dead to test the living, gave the couple instructions about a future life, and blessed them. When the wife’s anger showed that their presence had become irksome, the females announced their departure.

The hunter later had many children, who grew up healthy and to manhood.

Relationship record

Life events

• The hunter's wife welcomed the two strange females into the lodge.(The Jeebi; or, Two Ghosts · 📍 lodge)
  • With: the two strange females (Jeebi legend)
  • “She bade them enter, and invited them to remain.”
• The females revealed that the Master of Life sent them from the land of the dead to test the living.(The Jeebi; or, Two Ghosts · 📍 lodge)
  • With: the two strange females (Jeebi legend) the hunter (Jeebi legend) the Great Spirit
  • “We come from the land of the dead to test mankind, and to try the sincerity of the living.”
• The females gave the couple instructions about a future life and blessed them.(The Jeebi; or, Two Ghosts · 📍 lodge)
  • With: the two strange females (Jeebi legend) the hunter (Jeebi legend)
  • “They continued to talk to the hunter and his wife, gave them instructions as to a future life, and pronounced a blessing upon them.”
• The females announced their departure after the wife's anger revealed the trial had become irksome.(The Jeebi; or, Two Ghosts · 📍 lodge)
  • With: the two strange females (Jeebi legend) the hunter (Jeebi legend)
  • “More than half the time had been successfully past, when the angry feelings of your wife indicated the irksomeness you felt at our presence, and has made us resolve on our departure.”
• The hunter had many children who grew up healthy and to manhood.(The Jeebi; or, Two Ghosts)
  • With: the hunter (Jeebi legend) the hunter's child (Jeebi legend)
  • “He had many children, all of whom grew up to manhood, and health;”

The Jeebi; or, Two Ghosts

• married with the hunter (Jeebi legend) (The text identifies her as his wife.) “His lodge stood far off in the forest, several days' journey from any other. He spent his days in hunting, and his evenings in relating to his wife the incidents that had befallen him.”
• child: the hunter's child (Jeebi legend) “There lived a hunter in the north who had a wife and one child.”
• recipient: the two strange females (Jeebi legend) “She bade them enter, and invited them to remain.”
• benefactor: the two strange females (Jeebi legend) “They continued to talk to the hunter and his wife, gave them instructions as to a future life, and pronounced a blessing upon them.”

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