Hiawatha's favorite daughter

Family: Iroquois · Role: daughter of Hiawatha · First appears: Pauguk, and the Mythological Interpretation of Hiawatha

In the Iroquois version of Pauguk, and the Mythological Interpretation of Hiawatha, Manabozho took his favorite daughter with him in his magic canoe to the council at the lake of Onondaga. There, the white bird, the bird of Heaven struck her with such force that she was driven into the earth and annihilated; the bird was annihilated as well.

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• In the Iroquois version, Hiawatha took his favorite daughter with him to the council.(Pauguk, and the Mythological Interpretation of Hiawatha · 📍 the lake of Onondaga)
  • With: Manabozho
  • “how he proceeded, in great state, to the council, in his magic canoe, taking with him his favorite daughter.”
• In the Iroquois version, the white bird struck and annihilated Hiawatha's daughter, and was itself annihilated.(Pauguk, and the Mythological Interpretation of Hiawatha)
  • With: the white bird, the bird of Heaven
  • “To the dismay of all, it struck the daughter of Hiawatha with such force as to drive her remains into the earth, completely annihilating her. The bird itself was annihilated in annihilating Hiawatha's daughter.”

Pauguk, and the Mythological Interpretation of Hiawatha

• enemies with the white bird, the bird of Heaven “it struck the daughter of Hiawatha with such force as to drive her remains into the earth, completely annihilating her.”
• parent: Manabozho (In the Iroquois version, Tarenyawagon has assumed the name Hiawatha.) “taking with him his favorite daughter. With her he landed on the shore of the lake of Onondaga”

Also listed in Iroquois — Minor Figures

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