the young boy (Chapter 40)

Role: child · First appears: Boy Rescued By A Bear

Life events

The bear rescued the starving boy and took him home to live with her family.(Boy Rescued By A Bear)
- With: the kind-hearted bear (Chapter 40)
- “The boy was accordingly rescued from starvation, and, living in the same hollow tree with the bear family, fed with them upon nuts, corn, and berries.”
The bear revealed her device, told the boy he could rejoin his friends, resumed her proper shape, and disappeared.(Boy Rescued By A Bear)
- With: the kind-hearted bear (Chapter 40)
- “But when fall came, and with it the return of the hunters, the good bear explained her device to the boy, saying: ‘My cubs must now take care of themselves, and you can rejoin your friends; but always feel kindly toward the bear tribe’; upon which she resumed her proper shape and disappeared into the woods.”
The boy never killed a bear.(Boy Rescued By A Bear)
- “The boy never, even when grown, was known to kill a bear.”

foster-parent: the kind-hearted bear (Chapter 40) (The bear took the boy in and cared for him.) “The boy was accordingly rescued from starvation, and, living in the same hollow tree with the bear family, fed with them upon nuts, corn, and berries.”

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