Mukakee Mindemoea

Also known as: the Toad-Woman · Role: witch · First appears: Mukakee Mindemoea; or, the Toad-Woman

In Mukakee Mindemoea; or, the Toad-Woman, Mukakee Mindemoea stole an infant from his cradle despite the little dog’s efforts to stop her, and raised him as her foster-child. When the dog told the son that she was not his real mother, he visited the young woman (Mukakee Mindemoea legend), who confirmed the theft and showed him his cradle; recognizing the dog’s tooth marks, he became convinced.

After Mukakee Mindemoea left, the son and the little dog killed her children and fled with his real mother. Mukakee Mindemoea pursued them, but the little dog tore her to pieces, and they escaped.

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Life events

• Mukakee Mindemoea stole the son from his cradle despite the little dog's efforts to stop her.(Mukakee Mindemoea; or, the Toad-Woman)
  • With: the son (Mukakee Mindemoea legend) the little dog (Mukakee Mindemoea legend)
  • “But on looking round, she saw pieces of the wampum of her child's cradle bit off by the dog, who strove to retain the child and prevent his being carried off by an old woman called Mukakee Mindemoea, or the Toad-Woman.”
• The little dog told the son that Mukakee Mindemoea had stolen him and was not his real mother.(Mukakee Mindemoea; or, the Toad-Woman)
  • With: the little dog (Mukakee Mindemoea legend) the son (Mukakee Mindemoea legend)
  • “The dog went and told his young master that he had found his real mother; and informed him that the old woman, whom he called his mother, was not his mother, that she had stolen him when an infant in his cradle, and that he had himself followed her in hopes of getting him back.”
• The young woman told the son that she was his real mother and Mukakee Mindemoea had stolen him.(Mukakee Mindemoea; or, the Toad-Woman · 📍 her lodge of cedar boughs)
  • With: the young woman (Mukakee Mindemoea legend) the son (Mukakee Mindemoea legend)
  • “After this the young man paid the stranger a visit, at her lodge of cedar boughs, and partook of her dish of milk. She then told him she was his real mother, and that he had been stolen away from her by the detestable Toad-Woman, who was a witch.”
• The son became convinced that Mukakee Mindemoea had stolen him after recognizing his cradle.(Mukakee Mindemoea; or, the Toad-Woman)
  • With: the son (Mukakee Mindemoea legend) the young woman (Mukakee Mindemoea legend)
  • “She then produced the real cradle, and he saw it was the same, in substance, with the pieces the other had shown him; and he was convinced, for he could even see the marks of the dog's teeth upon it.”
• The son and the little dog killed Mukakee Mindemoea's children and fled with the young woman.(Mukakee Mindemoea; or, the Toad-Woman)
  • With: the son (Mukakee Mindemoea legend) the little dog (Mukakee Mindemoea legend)
  • “As soon as she was gone, the young man and his dog killed the Toad-Woman's children, and staked them on each side of the door, with a piece of fat in their mouths, and then went to his real mother and hastened her departure with them.”
• The little dog tore Mukakee Mindemoea to pieces, allowing the fugitives to escape.(Mukakee Mindemoea; or, the Toad-Woman)
  • With: the little dog (Mukakee Mindemoea legend)
  • “So the dog, turning round, seized her and tore her to pieces, and they escaped.”

Mukakee Mindemoea; or, the Toad-Woman

• foster-child: the son (Mukakee Mindemoea legend) “The dog went and told his young master that he had found his real mother; and informed him that the old woman, whom he called his mother, was not his mother, that she had stolen him when an infant in his cradle, and that he had himself followed her in hopes of getting him back.”
• enemies with the young woman (Mukakee Mindemoea legend) “The mother followed at full speed, and occasionally came to lodges inhabited by old women, who told her at what time the thief had passed;”
• enemies with the son (Mukakee Mindemoea legend) “As soon as she was gone, the young man and his dog killed the Toad-Woman's children, and staked them on each side of the door, with a piece of fat in their mouths, and then went to his real mother and hastened her departure with them.”

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