the deer (Pawnee tale)

Role: deer · First appears: How The Deer Lost His Gall

A long time ago on the prairie, the deer and the antelope (Pawnee tale) disputed which of them could run faster and decided to race. The antelope won and took the deer’s gall; afterward, he gave the deer his dew-claws to cheer him up.

Relationship record

Life events

• The antelope won their race and took the deer's gall.(How The Deer Lost His Gall · 📍 the prairie)
  • With: the antelope (Pawnee tale)
  • “The antelope ran the faster, and won, and took the deer's gall.”
• The antelope gave the deer his dew-claws.(How The Deer Lost His Gall)
  • With: the antelope (Pawnee tale)
  • “to cheer him up, he took off his dew-claws and gave them to him.”

How The Deer Lost His Gall

• rivals with the antelope (Pawnee tale) “Each one, the deer and the antelope, claimed that he could run faster than any other animal, and at length they became very angry in their dispute, and determined that they would have a race.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales. Made with Rho MD.