the young warrior (Myth 84)

Role: warrior · First appears: Myth 84 · The Man Who Married the Thunder's Sister

In Myth 84, at the old town of Sâkwi'yi, the young warrior fell in love with the younger woman because of her beautiful hair and asked her to marry him through an old man. She said her brother must first be consulted; seven nights later, she and the other sister told him their brother agreed and would take him home.

After dancing, the sisters led him away before daylight and along an unfamiliar trail to their cave at Ugûñ'yi. There he met the brother, one of the Thunder People, who called him a coward and struck him with lightning and thunder, leaving him senseless. Back at his settlement, the warrior told his friends what had happened despite the warning, and died seven days later.

Relationship record

Life events

The young warrior asked the younger woman to marry him, and she said her brother must first be consulted.(Myth 84 · The Man Who Married the Thunder's Sister · 📍 the old town of Sâkwi'yi)
- With: the younger woman (Myth 84)
- “a young warrior had fallen in love with one of the sisters on account of her beautiful hair, and after the manner of the Cherokee had already asked her through an old man if she would marry him and let him live with her. To this the young woman had replied that her brother at home must first be consulted”
The sisters told the young warrior their brother agreed to the marriage and promised to take him home.(Myth 84 · The Man Who Married the Thunder's Sister)
- With: the younger woman (Myth 84) the other sister (Myth 84)
- “They told him their brother was willing, and after the dance they would conduct the young man to their home”
About daylight the three left the dance so as not to be followed, and the sisters led the young warrior along a trail he had never noticed before, into a creek that they told him was the road to their house.(Myth 84 · The Man Who Married the Thunder's Sister · 📍 Tallulah river)
- With: the younger woman (Myth 84) the other sister (Myth 84)
- “He danced with them again and about daylight the three came away just before the dance closed, so as to avoid being followed, and started off together.”
The young warrior entered the sisters’ cave home and met their brother, one of the Thunder People of the myth's title.(Myth 84 · The Man Who Married the Thunder's Sister · 📍 Ugûñ'yi (Tallulah falls))
- With: the younger woman (Myth 84) the brother (Myth 84)
- “The women entered, while the warrior stopped at the mouth; but they said, ‘This is our house; come in and our brother will soon be home; he is coming now.’”
The brother struck the young warrior with lightning and thunder, leaving him senseless.(Myth 84 · The Man Who Married the Thunder's Sister)
- With: the brother (Myth 84)
- “The brother got very angry and called him a coward, and then it was as if lightening flashed from his eyes and struck the young man, and a terrible crash of thunder stretched him senseless.”
After returning to his settlement, the young warrior told his story despite the warning and died seven days later.(Myth 84 · The Man Who Married the Thunder's Sister)
- “His friends questioned him closely, and, forgetting the warning, he told the story; but in seven days he died, for no one can come back from the underworld and tell it and live.”

Myth 84 · The Man Who Married the Thunder's Sister

admired: the younger woman (Myth 84) “a young warrior had fallen in love with one of the sisters on account of her beautiful hair, and after the manner of the Cherokee had already asked her through an old man if she would marry him and let him live with her.”
enemies with the brother (Myth 84) “The brother got very angry and called him a coward, and then it was as if lightening flashed from his eyes and struck the young man, and a terrible crash of thunder stretched him senseless.”

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