Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid

Also known as: Puck Wudj Ininee / Wa-Dis-Ais-Imid · Role: little wild man of the mountains · First appears: Puck Wudj Ininees; or, the Vanishing Little Men

In Puck Wudj Ininees; or, the Vanishing Little Men, Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid was raised by his sister, who made him a little bow and arrows and named him for the small shell she hung around his neck. He became a great hunter, and on successive days stole beaver tails from Manabozho, who eventually saw him and threatened to kill him.

Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid told his sister they must separate. She chose the east, while he chose the mountains and rocks. When the giant Manito threw him into a boiling kettle, he escaped unharmed through the protection of his personal spirit. His sister was carried to the eastern sky and became the Morning Star.

Relationship record

Life events

• The sister raised Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid and named him for the little shell he wore.(Puck Wudj Ininees; or, the Vanishing Little Men)
  • With: the sister of Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid
  • “his sister made him a little bow and arrows, and suspended around his neck a small shell, saying, you shall be called Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid, or He of the Little Shell.”
• Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid became a great hunter.(Puck Wudj Ininees; or, the Vanishing Little Men)
  • “His skill and success as a hunter daily increased, and he killed the deer, bear, moose, and other large animals inhabiting the forest. In fine he became a great hunter.”
• Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid stole a beaver's tail from Manabozho.(Puck Wudj Ininees; or, the Vanishing Little Men)
  • With: Manabozho
  • “But he nimbly ran forward, and overtaking him, succeeded, by the same means, in securing another of the beaver's tails.”
• Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid stole another beaver's tail from Manabozho.(Puck Wudj Ininees; or, the Vanishing Little Men)
  • With: Manabozho
  • “He nimbly drew his shell and cut off another beaver's tail.”
• Manabozho saw Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid and threatened to kill him.(Puck Wudj Ininees; or, the Vanishing Little Men)
  • With: Manabozho
  • “After regarding him with attention, ‘Who are you, little man,’ said Manabozho. ‘I have a mind to kill you.’”
• Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid told his sister they must separate and asked where she wished to dwell.(Puck Wudj Ininees; or, the Vanishing Little Men)
  • With: the sister of Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid
  • “When he returned home he told his sister that they must separate. ‘I must go away,’ said he, ‘it is my fate. You too,’ he added, ‘must go away soon. Tell me where you would wish to dwell.’”
• Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid and his sister agreed to separate, with her choosing the east and him the mountains and rocks.(Puck Wudj Ininees; or, the Vanishing Little Men)
  • With: the sister of Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid
  • “She said, “I would like to go to the place of the breaking of daylight. I have always loved the east.”
• The giant Manito threw Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid into a boiling kettle, but he escaped unharmed.(Puck Wudj Ininees; or, the Vanishing Little Men)
  • With: the giant Manito (Puck Wudj Ininees legend)
  • “The giant regarded him with a stern look, and then took him up in his hand, and threw him unceremoniously into the kettle. But by the protection of his personal spirit, he was shielded from harm, and with much ado got out of it and escaped.”
• The winds carried Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid's sister to the eastern sky, where she became the Morning Star.(Puck Wudj Ininees; or, the Vanishing Little Men · 📍 the eastern sky)
  • With: the sister of Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid
  • “Presently the winds blew, and, as he predicted, his sister was borne by them to the eastern sky, where she has ever since been, and her name is the Morning Star.”

Puck Wudj Ininees; or, the Vanishing Little Men

• siblings with the sister of Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid “My sister, there is a Manito, at each of the four corners of the earth.”
• enemies with Manabozho “After regarding him with attention, ‘Who are you, little man,’ said Manabozho. ‘I have a mind to kill you.’”
• enemies with the giant Manito (Puck Wudj Ininees legend) “The giant regarded him with a stern look, and then took him up in his hand, and threw him unceremoniously into the kettle.”
• benefactor: the sister of Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid “When he was able to walk, his sister made him a little bow and arrows, and suspended around his neck a small shell, saying, you shall be called Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid, or He of the Little Shell.”

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