the old man (Chapter 49)

Role: uncle · First appears: The Boy And The Corn

The old man brought up his nephew, the boy, in a solitary place. In the morning, while his uncle was away, the boy used the magic wand on the kettle, making it grow so large he could not stop it before the old man returned.

When the boy insisted he could fetch corn from a dangerous place, the old man moaned, “I shall never see you again,” but the boy set out. After escaping the witches, the boy returned safely with plenty of corn, and the old man asked where he had been.

Relationship record

Life events

• The old man brought up his nephew in a solitary place.(The Boy And The Corn)
  • With: the boy (Chapter 49)
  • “An old man brought up his nephew in a solitary place.”
• The boy made the kettle grow uncontrollably large with the magic wand.(The Boy And The Corn)
  • With: the boy (Chapter 49)
  • “In the morning when the uncle left home the boy got at the hole and did as he had seen him do, but as he tapped the kettle it grew so large that he could not stop it, and it went on growing until his uncle came home”
• The boy set out to fetch corn from the dangerous place where it grew.(The Boy And The Corn)
  • With: the boy (Chapter 49)
  • “But the boy persisted that he knew where the corn grew, and could easily fetch some. ‘So, uncle,’ he added, ‘tell me how to proceed,’ ‘I shall never see you again,’ moaned the uncle. ‘Oh, yes, you will,’ said the boy, and he started.”
• The boy returned safely home with corn after escaping the witches.(The Boy And The Corn)
  • With: the boy (Chapter 49)
  • “And when the old man saw his nephew he called out, ‘So you have got home safe; where have you been?’ and he made many inquiries. And the young man explained everything to him, and told how, at last, he had returned safely to his home with plenty of corn.”

The Boy And The Corn

• younger kin: the boy (Chapter 49) “An old man brought up his nephew in a solitary place.”
• foster-child: the boy (Chapter 49) “An old man brought up his nephew in a solitary place.”

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