Bullfrog

First appears: Myth 60 · Why the Bullfrog's Head Is Striped

In Myth 60, Bullfrog ridiculed the gambler Ûñtsaiyi' until Ûñtsaiyi' grew angry and challenged him to the wheel-and-stick game, with the loser to be scratched on the forehead. “Brass won, as he always did,” and scratched yellow stripes onto Bullfrog’s head.

Another version says a conjurer painted yellow stripes on Bullfrog’s head to make him appear more handsome to a pretty woman he was courting.

Relationship record

Life events

• Ûñtsai'yi got angry and dared Bullfrog to play a game, with the loser to be scratched on his forehead.(Myth 60 · Why the Bullfrog's Head Is Striped)
  • With: Ûñtsaiyi'
  • “until the latter at last got angry and dared the Bullfrog to play the gatayû'sti (wheel-and-stick) game with him, whichever lost to be scratched on his forehead.”
• Ûñtsai'yi won the game and scratched yellow stripes onto Bullfrog's head.(Myth 60 · Why the Bullfrog's Head Is Striped)
  • With: Ûñtsaiyi'
  • “Brass won, as he always did, and the yellow stripes on the Bullfrog's head show where the gambler's fingers scratched him.”
• A conjurer painted yellow stripes on Bullfrog's head to make him appear more handsome to a woman he was courting.(Myth 60 · Why the Bullfrog's Head Is Striped)
  • With: a conjurer (Myth 60) a pretty woman (Myth 60)
  • “Another story is that the Bullfrog had a conjurer to paint his head with yellow stripes (brass) to make him appear more handsome to a pretty woman he was courting.”

Myth 60 · Why the Bullfrog's Head Is Striped

• rivals with Ûñtsaiyi' “Brass won, as he always did, and the yellow stripes on the Bullfrog's head show where the gambler's fingers scratched him.”
• admired: a pretty woman (Myth 60) “Another story is that the Bullfrog had a conjurer to paint his head with yellow stripes (brass) to make him appear more handsome to a pretty woman he was courting.”
• benefactor: a conjurer (Myth 60) “Another story is that the Bullfrog had a conjurer to paint his head with yellow stripes (brass) to make him appear more handsome to a pretty woman he was courting.”
• enemies with Ûñtsaiyi' “According to one version the Bullfrog was always ridiculing the great gambler Ûñtsai'yi, ‘Brass,’ until the latter at last got angry and dared the Bullfrog to play the gatayû'sti (wheel-and-stick) game with him, whichever lost to be scratched on his forehead.”

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