the old woman (Myth 6)

Role: woman · First appears: Myth 6 · How They Brought Back the Tobacco

Life events

• The Hummingbird revived the old woman by blowing tobacco smoke into her nostrils.(Myth 6 · How They Brought Back the Tobacco)
  • With: the Hummingbird
  • “Before he got home with the tobacco the old woman had fainted and they thought she was dead, but he blew the smoke into her nostrils, and with a cry of ‘Tsâ'lû! [Tobacco!]’ she opened her eyes and was alive again.”

Myth 6 · How They Brought Back the Tobacco

• benefactor: the Hummingbird “but he blew the smoke into her nostrils, and with a cry of ‘Tsâ'lû! [Tobacco!]’ she opened her eyes and was alive again.”

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