the woodpecker who counselled Manabozho

Role: bird who advises Manabozho · First appears: Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 4

In “Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 4,” the woodpecker counselled Manabozho. Manabozho rewarded it by rubbing the Manito’s blood on its head, and “the feathers of which are red to this day.”

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Life events

• Manabozho rewarded the woodpecker by rubbing the Manito’s blood on its head, turning its feathers red.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 4)
  • With: Manabozho
  • “He took the blood of the Manito and rubbed it on the woodpecker's head, the feathers of which are red to this day.”

Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 4

• benefactor: Manabozho “He took the blood of the Manito and rubbed it on the woodpecker's head, the feathers of which are red to this day.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends. Made with Rho MD.