Anish-in-á-ba

Role: the being the inhabitants have heard of · First appears: Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 1

In Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 1, Anish-in-á-ba was friends with the Mudjékewis, the king's son, and Bosh-kwa-dosh promised him that carrying him would bring friends, happiness, and success. The king gave Anish-in-á-ba one of his daughters, and Anish-in-á-ba outran the large black bear (Bosh-kwa-dosh legend) to win their race.

In Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 2, Anish-in-á-ba forgot his guardian belt when he repeated the trial of frost and was found stiff and dead in the morning. The victors cut his body into pieces, but Bosh-kwa-dosh gathered his bones and restored him to life. Revealing himself as the mastodon, Bosh-kwa-dosh said, “my skill has restored you,” and declared that the Great Spirit had made him to show his power; he gave Anish-in-á-ba all the animals as food.

Relationship record

Life events

• The king gave one of his daughters to Anish-in-á-ba.(Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 1)
  • With: one of the king's daughters (Bosh-kwa-dosh legend)
  • “The king gave him one of his daughters.”
• Anish-in-á-ba outran the large black bear and won the race.(Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 1)
  • With: the large black bear (Bosh-kwa-dosh legend)
  • “with the speed of this bird he outwent his rival, and won the race, while the bear came up exhausted and lolling out his tongue.”
• Anish-in-á-ba, who had laid aside his guardian belt and forgot it when he repeated the trial of frost, was found in the morning a stiff corpse.(Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 2 · 📍 the village)
  • “About midnight his limbs became stiff, the blood soon ceased to circulate, and he was found in the morning a stiff corpse.”
• The victors carried Anish-in-á-ba's body to the village and cut it into a thousand pieces, that each one might eat a piece.(Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 2 · 📍 the village)
  • “The victors took him up and carried him to the village, where the loudest tumult of victorious joy was made, and they cut his body into a thousand pieces, that each one might eat a piece.”
• Bosh-kwa-dosh gathered Anish-in-á-ba's bones and restored him to life.(Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 2 · 📍 the village)
  • With: Bosh-kwa-dosh
  • “at which the breath entered into his body, and he first breathed and then arose.”
• Bosh-kwa-dosh revealed himself as the mastodon and told Anish-in-á-ba that his skill had restored him.(Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 2)
  • With: Bosh-kwa-dosh
  • “You were defeated, and your frozen body cut into a thousand pieces, and scattered over the village; but my skill has restored you. Now I will declare myself to you, and show who and what I am!”
• Bosh-kwa-dosh said the Great Spirit created him to show his power, and gave Anish-in-á-ba all the animals as food.(Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 2)
  • With: Bosh-kwa-dosh the Great Spirit
  • “The Great Spirit created me to show his power when there were nothing but animals on the earth. But were all animals as large as myself, there would not be grass enough for food. But the earth was made for man, and not for beasts. I give some of those great gifts which I possess. All the animals shall be your food, and you are no longer to flee before them, and be their sport and food.”

Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 1

• friends with the Mudjékewis, the king's son “the Mudjékewis, who was really his friend, rejoiced.”
• benefactor: Bosh-kwa-dosh “Listen to me, and you shall find friends and be happy. You must take me up and bind me to your body, and never put me aside, and success in life shall attend you.”
• enemies with the large black bear (Bosh-kwa-dosh legend) “The animal outran him, tore up the ground, and sported before him, and put out its large claws as if to frighten him.”

Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 2

• benefactor: Bosh-kwa-dosh (Bosh-kwa-dosh restores Mudjékewis.) “You were defeated, and your frozen body cut into a thousand pieces, and scattered over the village; but my skill has restored you.”
• married with one of the king's daughters (Bosh-kwa-dosh legend) “The Mudjékewis bemoaned his fate, but his wife was inconsolable.”
• friends with Bosh-kwa-dosh “The mysterious dog ran to the lodges, about the village, looking for the bones of his friend, which he carried to a secret place, and as fast as he found them arranged all in their natural order.”

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