the sister (Myth 1)

Role: woman · First appears: Myth 1 · How the World Was Made

Life events

• The brother struck the sister with a fish and told her to multiply.(Myth 1 · How the World Was Made)
  • With: the brother (Myth 1)
  • “At first there were only a brother and sister until he struck her with a fish and told her to multiply, and so it was.”
• The sister gave birth to a child.(Myth 1 · How the World Was Made)
  • With: the child (Myth 1)
  • “In seven days a child was born to her”
• The sister gave birth to another child every seven days.(Myth 1 · How the World Was Made)
  • With: the child (Myth 1)
  • “and thereafter every seven days another”
• It was decreed that a woman should have only one child in a year.(Myth 1 · How the World Was Made)
  • “Then it was made that a woman should have only one child in a year”

Myth 1 · How the World Was Made

• siblings with the brother (Myth 1) “At first there were only a brother and sister until he struck her with a fish and told her to multiply, and so it was.”
• child: the child (Myth 1) “In seven days a child was born to her, and thereafter every seven days another, and they increased very fast until there was danger that the world could not keep them.”

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