the very beautiful young girl (White Stone Canoe legend)

Role: young girl · First appears: The White Stone Canoe

Life events

• The very beautiful young girl died suddenly before her marriage.(The White Stone Canoe)
  • “There was once a very beautiful young girl, who died suddenly on the day she was to have been married to a handsome young man.”
• The handsome young man mourned the very beautiful young girl and abandoned war and hunting.(The White Stone Canoe)
  • With: the handsome young man (White Stone Canoe legend)
  • “From the hour she was buried, there was no more joy or peace for him.”
• The handsome young man found the very beautiful young girl in a matching canoe, and they crossed the lake together.(The White Stone Canoe)
  • With: the handsome young man (White Stone Canoe legend)
  • “He immediately entered the canoe, and took the paddles in his hands, when to his joy and surprise, on turning round, he beheld the object of his search in another canoe, exactly its counterpart in everything.”
• The Master of Life allowed the handsome young man and the very beautiful young girl to pass across the lake.(The White Stone Canoe · 📍 the happy island)
  • With: the Great Spirit the handsome young man (White Stone Canoe legend)
  • “The Master of Life had, however, decreed to let them pass, for the actions of neither of them had been bad.”
• The Master of Life sent the handsome young man back, saying his duties were unfinished and the girl was accepted.(The White Stone Canoe · 📍 the happy island)
  • With: the Great Spirit the handsome young man (White Stone Canoe legend)
  • “Return to your people and accomplish the duties of a good man. You will be the ruler of your tribe for many days. The rules you must observe will be told you by my messenger, who keeps the gate. When he surrenders back your body, he will tell you what to do. Listen to him, and you shall afterwards rejoin the spirit, which you must now leave behind. She is accepted, and will be ever here, as young and as happy as she was when I first called her from the land of snows.”

The White Stone Canoe

• engaged with the handsome young man (White Stone Canoe legend) “There was once a very beautiful young girl, who died suddenly on the day she was to have been married to a handsome young man.”

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