the hunter's wife (Myth 48)

Role: wife · First appears: Myth 48 · The Hunter and the Buzzard

Life events

• The buzzard became a man and went home to the hunter's wife, while the hunter became a buzzard.(Myth 48 · The Hunter and the Buzzard)
  • With: the buzzard (Myth 48) the hunter (Myth 48)
  • “the buzzard became a man and went home to the hunter's wife, who received him as her husband, while the hunter became a buzzard”
• The buzzard stayed with the hunter's wife, who believed he was her real husband.(Myth 48 · The Hunter and the Buzzard)
  • With: the buzzard (Myth 48)
  • “After staying some time with the woman, who thought always it was her real husband”

Myth 48 · The Hunter and the Buzzard

• married with the hunter (Myth 48) “The hunter agreed, and the buzzard became a man and went home to the hunter's wife, who received him as her husband, while the hunter became a buzzard and flew off over the mountain to locate the deer.”
• enemies with the buzzard (Myth 48) (The buzzard impersonated her husband, deceiving her.) “After staying some time with the woman, who thought always it was her real husband, the buzzard excused himself, saying he must go again to look for game or they would have nothing to eat.”

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