the men (Tale 15)

Family: unknown · Role: men who bargain with and teach the boy · First appears: Tale 15 · The Girl Who Married a Star · Part 2

Life events

• The men offered to remove the fœtus if the boy surrendered his grandmother, and he agreed.(Tale 15 · The Girl Who Married a Star · Part 2)
  • With: the boy, son of the girl who married a star (Tale 15)
  • “The men made a conditional offer,—if he would deliver up to them his grandmother they would remove the fœtus. The boy said he would.”
• The boy delivered his grandmother to the men, who began teaching him their skills and ceremony.(Tale 15 · The Girl Who Married a Star · Part 2)
  • With: the boy, son of the girl who married a star (Tale 15) the cornfield owner, the boy’s grandmother (Tale 15)
  • “The boy said, ‘Nawa, I have done what I agreed to do. Here is my grandmother.’ ‘Ah ho! Ah hi!’ they replied, ‘you were honest and have done as you agreed to do. That is the way for noble boys to do. As this is a bargain for your life we will do all we can for you to turn our power and skill over to you.’ Now they began to teach the boy the ceremony of catching eagles and of hunting.”

Tale 15 · The Girl Who Married a Star · Part 2

• pupil: the boy, son of the girl who married a star (Tale 15) “Now they began to teach the boy the ceremony of catching eagles and of hunting.”

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Extracted from the original text of Traditions of the Arikara. Made with Rho MD.