the young woman who turned into stone (Tale 39)

Family: Arikara · Role: daughter of one of the chiefs · First appears: Tale 39 · The Woman Who Turned Into a Stone

In Tale 39, her father tried to persuade her to marry, and her mother urged her to accept the support and protection of a husband. At last, she agreed, and the good hunter came to their lodge and married her.

The next day, she showed her mother why she had refused marriage: she had sunflowers instead of a vulva. Ashamed, she took her bundle, journeyed away, sat down, and turned to stone.

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Life events

• She accepted her mother's advice and said she would marry.(Tale 39 · The Woman Who Turned Into a Stone)
  • “The young woman accepted the mother’s advice at last, and she said she would marry.”
• The young woman married the good hunter.(Tale 39 · The Woman Who Turned Into a Stone)
  • With: the young woman’s husband, the good hunter (Tale 39)
  • “Finally the young man was called, and came to their lodge. Puellam in matrimonium duxit.”
• She revealed to her mother why she had refused marriage.(Tale 39 · The Woman Who Turned Into a Stone)
  • With: the young woman’s mother (Tale 39)
  • “Postridie puella ad matrem venit, eique ostendit cur virum habere noluisset. Deinde tunicam sustulit ostenditque se helianthes pro volva habere.”
• Ashamed, she journeyed away, sat down, and turned to stone.(Tale 39 · The Woman Who Turned Into a Stone)
  • “So the young woman took her bundle on her back, journeyed to a certain place, sat down and turned to stone, because she was ashamed.”

Tale 39 · The Woman Who Turned Into a Stone

• parent: the young woman’s father (Tale 39) “the young woman’s father tried to persuade her to marry some young man.”
• parent: the young woman’s mother (Tale 39) “Again the old mother related to her daughter that it was most enjoyable to live with a man, to have a man to support her, to cherish her, and to protect her from all troubles.”
• married with the young woman’s husband, the good hunter (Tale 39) “Puellam in matrimonium duxit.”

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Extracted from the original text of Traditions of the Arikara. Made with Rho MD.