the elder son (Addik Kum Maig legend)

Role: son · First appears: Addik Kum Maig; or, the Origin of the White Fish

In Addik Kum Maig; or, the Origin of the White Fish, the elder son and his younger brother told their father about their mother’s secret visits. After their mother’s death, her spirit haunted and terrified them.

At Pauwateeg, the brothers called on the crane (Addik Kum Maig legend) to carry them across the falls and away from the spirit.

Relationship record

Life events

• The sons told their father about their mother's secret visits, revealing her infidelity.(Addik Kum Maig; or, the Origin of the White Fish)
  • With: the younger son (Addik Kum Maig legend) the handsome wife (Addik Kum Maig legend) the famous hunter (Addik Kum Maig legend)
  • “They did so. The result was such as might have been anticipated. The father, being satisfied of the infidelity of his wife,”
• The woman's spirit haunted and terrified her sons after her death.(Addik Kum Maig; or, the Origin of the White Fish)
  • With: the handsome wife (Addik Kum Maig legend) the younger son (Addik Kum Maig legend)
  • “But the spirit of the woman haunted the children, who were now grown up to the estate of young men.”
• The crane carried the sons safely across the falls to escape the woman's spirit.(Addik Kum Maig; or, the Origin of the White Fish · 📍 Pauwateeg)
  • With: the younger son (Addik Kum Maig legend) the crane (Addik Kum Maig legend)
  • “They called out to the bird, ‘See, grandfather, we are persecuted by a spirit. Come and take us across the falls, so that we may escape her.’”

Addik Kum Maig; or, the Origin of the White Fish

• parent: the famous hunter (Addik Kum Maig legend) “He had a handsome wife and two sons, who were left in the lodge every day, while he went out in quest of the animals, upon whose flesh they subsisted.”
• siblings with the younger son (Addik Kum Maig legend) “It is not manly to be ever about the lodge. Nor will you become a warrior if you tell all the little things you see and hear to your father. Say not a word to him on the subject.”
• enemies with the handsome wife (Addik Kum Maig legend) “But the spirit of the woman haunted the children, who were now grown up to the estate of young men.”
• benefactor: the crane (Addik Kum Maig legend) “When he heard himself addressed, he stretched forth his neck with great deliberation, and lifting himself by his wings, flew across to their assistance.”

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