the younger woman (Myth 84)

Role: the woman he was about to marry · First appears: Myth 84 · The Man Who Married the Thunder's Sister

In Myth 84, at the old town of Sâkwi'yi, the younger woman was courted by the young warrior, who asked her to marry him and live with her. She replied that her brother, the brother, must first be consulted. Seven nights later, she and the other sister told the warrior their brother agreed and promised to take him home.

After the dance, the sisters left with the warrior around daylight to avoid being followed, leading him by an unfamiliar trail into a creek they said was the road to their house. At their cave at Ugûñ'yi, they told him their brother would soon be home.

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 young warrior (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 young warrior (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 young warrior (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 young warrior (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.’”

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

• admirer: the young warrior (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.”
• siblings with the brother (Myth 84) “They told him their brother was willing”
• siblings with the other sister (Myth 84) “the two sisters appeared as suddenly as before.”

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