the dormouse (Sun-Catcher legend)

Also known as: the Kug-e-been-gwa-kwa · Role: dormouse · First appears: The Sun-Catcher; or, the Boy who set a Snare for the Sun

Life events

• The dormouse cuts the cord and frees the sun, but is reduced to a very small size.(The Sun-Catcher; or, the Boy who set a Snare for the Sun)
  • With: the sun (Sun-Catcher legend)
  • “It succeeded, however, in cutting the cord with its teeth, and freeing the sun, but it was reduced to a very small size, and has remained so ever since.”

The Sun-Catcher; or, the Boy who set a Snare for the Sun

• recipient: the sun (Sun-Catcher legend) “It succeeded, however, in cutting the cord with its teeth, and freeing the sun, but it was reduced to a very small size, and has remained so ever since.”

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