Traditions of the Arikara

the mysterious being (Tale 35)

Family: Arikara · Role: father of the child · First appears: Tale 35 · The Five Turtles and the Buffalo Dance

In Tale 35, the mysterious being rescued the boy (Tale 35) from the river, jumping in and pulling him out. After the boy was buried between two stones on a hill by the Missouri River, the mysterious being heard about the child and married the girl who gave birth to the child (Tale 35), the boy’s mother.

Relationship record

Life events

  • The mysterious being rescued the boy from the river.(Tale 35 · The Five Turtles and the Buffalo Dance · 📍 the river)
  • The boy was buried between two stones.(Tale 35 · The Five Turtles and the Buffalo Dance · 📍 the hill on the Missouri River)
    • With: the boy (Tale 35)
    • “They buried the child between the two stones, and then went home.”
  • The mysterious being married the girl who gave birth to the boy.(Tale 35 · The Five Turtles and the Buffalo Dance)

Tale 35 · The Five Turtles and the Buffalo Dance

  • child: the boy (Tale 35) “The father of the child heard about this.”
  • married with the girl who gave birth to the child (Tale 35) “The mysterious being then married the girl who had given birth to the mysterious little boy who, immediately after his birth, got to dancing and running around as his father had always done in dances.”

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