the husband (Tale 67)

Family: Arikara · Role: husband and father · First appears: Tale 67 · The Woman Whose Breasts Were Cut Off

When the boy (Tale 67) was about five, the woman (Tale 67) gave birth to a baby boy. One day, the boy recognized his mother and told his father he had seen her. His husband had wondered whether she was his wife, saying, “if it is true that that woman is not a man, but my wife, I will find out.”

After she failed his tests, the husband recognized her as his wife: “I wanted to find you out. You are my wife.” He cut off her breasts, and she ran to the entrance and died.

Relationship record

Life events

• The woman gave birth to a baby boy.(Tale 67 · The Woman Whose Breasts Were Cut Off)
  • With: the woman (Tale 67) the boy (Tale 67)
  • “This woman gave birth to a baby boy.”
• The boy recognized his mother and told his father he had seen her.(Tale 67 · The Woman Whose Breasts Were Cut Off)
  • With: the boy (Tale 67) the woman (Tale 67)
  • “He went into his lodge and told his father that he had seen his mother.”
• The husband recognized the woman as his wife after she failed his tests.(Tale 67 · The Woman Whose Breasts Were Cut Off)
  • With: the woman (Tale 67)
  • “The husband now took out his knife, and said: ‘I wanted to find you out. You are my wife.’”
• The husband cut off the woman's breasts, and she died.(Tale 67 · The Woman Whose Breasts Were Cut Off)
  • With: the woman (Tale 67)
  • “The husband took his knife out and cut her breasts off. The woman ran and fell at the entrance and died.”

Tale 67 · The Woman Whose Breasts Were Cut Off

• married with the woman (Tale 67) “if it is true that that woman is not a man, but my wife, I will find out.”
• child: the boy (Tale 67) “He went into his lodge and told his father that he had seen his mother.”

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