The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends

the daughter-in-law (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend)

Role: mother · First appears: Wa-wa-be-zo-win; or, the Swing on the Pictured Rocks

In Wa-wa-be-zo-win; or, the Swing on the Pictured Rocks, the daughter-in-law was the mother of an infant son and the wife of the son-in-law (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend). When the old woman (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend) cut the swing cords and dropped her into the lake, the water-tiger (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend) drew her to its lodge, where she became its wife.

In the dusk of the evening, the old woman wore her daughter’s clothing and impersonated her at home. The daughter-in-law returned in human shape and offered to nurse her son: “Come here with him, whenever he cries, and I will nurse him.” the son-in-law (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend) broke the water-tiger’s shining chain and took his wife and child home with the orphan boy (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend).

Relationship record

Life events

  • The old woman cut the swing cords and dropped the daughter-in-law into the lake.(Wa-wa-be-zo-win; or, the Swing on the Pictured Rocks · 📍 lake)
    • With: the old woman (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend)
    • “When the swing had got in full motion and well a-going, so that it went clear beyond the precipice at every sweep, the old woman slyly cut the cords and let her daughter drop into the lake.”
  • The water-tiger drew the daughter-in-law to its lodge, where she became its wife.(Wa-wa-be-zo-win; or, the Swing on the Pictured Rocks)
  • The old woman disguised herself in her daughter's clothing and impersonated her at home.(Wa-wa-be-zo-win; or, the Swing on the Pictured Rocks)
    • With: the old woman (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend)
    • “She then put on her daughter's clothing, and thus disguised went home in the dusk of the evening and counterfeited her appearance and duties.”
  • The daughter-in-law returned in human shape and offered to nurse the infant son.(Wa-wa-be-zo-win; or, the Swing on the Pictured Rocks · 📍 lake)
  • The son-in-law broke the water-tiger's shining chain and took his wife and child home.(Wa-wa-be-zo-win; or, the Swing on the Pictured Rocks · 📍 lake)
  • When her son brought his wife and child home from the lake, the old woman looked up in despair, then leaped up, flew out of the lodge, and was never heard of again.(Wa-wa-be-zo-win; or, the Swing on the Pictured Rocks · 📍 the lodge)

Wa-wa-be-zo-win; or, the Swing on the Pictured Rocks

  • married with the son-in-law (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend) “When her son-in-law came home from hunting, it was his custom to bring his wife the moose's lip, the kidney of the bear, or some other choice bits of different animals.”
  • child: the infant son (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend) “One day, she asked her to leave her infant son to the care of the orphan boy, and come out and swing with her.”
  • married with the water-tiger (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend) “There she found a fine lodge, and all things ready for her reception, and she became the wife of the water-tiger.”
  • enemies with the old woman (Wa-wa-be-zo-win legend) “When the swing had got in full motion and well a-going, so that it went clear beyond the precipice at every sweep, the old woman slyly cut the cords and let her daughter drop into the lake.”

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