the aged uncle (Chapter 008)

Role: uncle of the ten brothers · First appears: Great Head

After both parents died, the aged uncle and the youngest brother were greatly afflicted, but eventually resumed hunting for support. The uncle forbade the youngest brother to leave home, lest he too be lost.

One day, the uncle and the youngest brother heard a groan, dug into the earth, and found a buried man alive. They restored his consciousness and persuaded him to stay with them; he told them that the nine brothers had mysteriously disappeared.

Relationship record

Life events

• The youngest brother and his uncle found the buried man alive and restored his consciousness.(Great Head)
  • With: the man buried in the earth (Chapter 008) the youngest brother (Chapter 008)
  • “The groan being repeated, they concluded to dig into the earth, where they discovered a man covered with mould, and taking him and setting him up they saw some signs of life and were convinced that he was alive.”
• The man told them the nine brothers had mysteriously disappeared.(Great Head)
  • With: the man buried in the earth (Chapter 008) the youngest brother (Chapter 008)
  • “The strange man then told them that he did not know how long he had been there, that all he knew was that the last time he went out was to hunt. They persuaded him to stay with them, whereupon he related the story of the nine brothers who had so mysteriously disappeared.”

Great Head

• with the youngest brother (Chapter 008) (Uncle and nephew; this kinship is stated by the chapter context.) “They were greatly afflicted by the loss of both parents but after a while resumed their hunting for support.”
• younger kin: the youngest brother (Chapter 008) (The account identifies the uncle as his aged uncle and describes the youngest as living with him.) “The youngest brother was forbidden to go away from home lest he too should be lost.”

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