Elk (Tale 26)

Also known as: Elk · Role: helper and teacher of the young man · First appears: Tale 26 · The Elk Rescues a Woman from the Bear

Life events

• Elk found the young man searching for his missing wife and agreed to help him recover her.(Tale 26 · The Elk Rescues a Woman from the Bear · 📍 the timber)
  • With: the young man (Tale 26)
  • “At last he gave out. He went along the timber and finally an Elk found him.”
• Elk taught the young man to transform into an elk and gave him a whistle to summon female elk.(Tale 26 · The Elk Rescues a Woman from the Bear)
  • With: the young man (Tale 26)
  • “The Elk taught the man how to transform himself into an Elk. He also gave him a whistle”
• The young man and Elk killed the Bear as it attacked them.(Tale 26 · The Elk Rescues a Woman from the Bear)
  • With: the young man (Tale 26)
  • “They killed the Bear.”
• Elk took the other captive women, and they all transformed into elk.(Tale 26 · The Elk Rescues a Woman from the Bear)
  • “So the Elk took the other women, and they all turned into Elk.”

Tale 26 · The Elk Rescues a Woman from the Bear

• pupil: the young man (Tale 26) “The Elk taught the man how to transform himself into an Elk.”

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