the son-in-law (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend)

Role: hunter · First appears: Wa-wa-be-zo-win; or, the Swing on the Pictured Rocks

In Wa-wa-be-zo-win; or, the Swing on the Pictured Rocks, the son-in-law was a hunter who customarily brought his wife choice pieces of game when he returned home. When the orphan boy told him what he had seen at the lake, he went there with his son and hid in the trees. At the lake, he broke the water-tiger (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend)’s shining chain and took his wife, their child, and the orphan boy home.

Relationship record

Life events

• The orphan boy told the son-in-law what he had seen at the lake.(Wa-wa-be-zo-win; or, the Swing on the Pictured Rocks)
  • With: the orphan boy (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend)
  • “The boy carried the child home, and told these things to the father.”
• The son-in-law broke the water-tiger's shining chain and took his wife and child home.(Wa-wa-be-zo-win; or, the Swing on the Pictured Rocks · 📍 lake)
  • With: the daughter-in-law (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend) the infant son (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend) the orphan boy (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend) the water-tiger (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend)
  • “He then took his wife and child home, with the orphan boy.”
• When her son brought his wife and child home from the lake, the old woman looked up in despair, then leaped up, flew out of the lodge, and was never heard of again.(Wa-wa-be-zo-win; or, the Swing on the Pictured Rocks · 📍 the lodge)
  • With: the old woman (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend) the daughter-in-law (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend)
  • “When they entered the lodge, the old woman looked up, but it was a look of despair; she instantly dropped her head. A rustling was heard in the lodge, and the next moment she leaped up and flew out of the lodge, and was never heard of more.”

Wa-wa-be-zo-win; or, the Swing on the Pictured Rocks

• married with the daughter-in-law (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend) “When her son-in-law came home from hunting, it was his custom to bring his wife the moose's lip, the kidney of the bear, or some other choice bits of different animals.”
• child: the infant son (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend) “When the child again cried, the father went also with the boy to the lake shore, and hid himself in a clump of trees.”

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