the widow (Myth 44)
Role: mother · First appears: Myth 44 · The Owl Gets Married
Life events
- The widow advised the girl to marry a good hunter, and the girl promised to follow her advice.(Myth 44 · The Owl Gets Married)
- With: the girl (Myth 44)
- “A widow with one daughter was always warning the girl that she must be sure to get a good hunter for a husband when she married. The young woman listened and promised to do as her mother advised.”
- The widow consented to the suitor courting the girl, and the girl agreed to take him.(Myth 44 · The Owl Gets Married)
- With: the girl (Myth 44) the suitor (Myth 44)
- “So the mother went to the girl and told her a young man had come a-courting, and as he said he was a good hunter she advised her daughter to take him. ‘Just as you say,’ said the girl.”
Myth 44 · The Owl Gets Married
- child: the girl (Myth 44) “A widow with one daughter was always warning the girl that she must be sure to get a good hunter for a husband when she married.”
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Extracted from the original text of Myths of the Cherokee. Made with Rho MD.