the girl (Myth 81)

Role: daughter · First appears: Myth 81 · Tsul`kalû', the Slant-Eyed Giant · Part 1

In Myth 81 · Tsulkalû', the Slant-Eyed Giant · Part 1, the girl lived with [[the mother (Myth 81)|her mother]] at Kanuga. One dark night, [[Tsulkalû']] came to court her, claiming to be a great hunter, and she let him stay. He later brought her a baby girl, saying that her mother abused their child, and asked her to come with him. After saying goodbye to her mother, the girl took the baby and left with Tsul`kalû' for Tsunegûñ'yi.

In Part 2, her older brother found her dancing inside the mountain and spoke with her outside, where she led two little children by the hand. After four years, she told her mother and brother they could see her husband if they came early the next morning; when her brother asked to see him, she brought him inside the mountain.

Relationship record

Life events

• Tsulkalû' came to court the girl, and she let him come in.(Myth 81 · Tsulkalû', the Slant-Eyed Giant · Part 1 · 📍 Kanuga)
  • With: Tsul`kalû'
  • “One dark night a stranger came to the âsi wanting to court the girl, but she told him her mother would let her marry no one but a good hunter. ‘Well,’ said the stranger, ‘I am a great hunter,’ so she let him come in, and he stayed all night.”
• Tsulkalû' left the girl and went toward his own country.(Myth 81 · Tsulkalû', the Slant-Eyed Giant · Part 1 · 📍 Tsunegûñ'yi)
  • With: Tsul`kalû'
  • “Then he went off in the direction of Tsunegûñ'yi.”
• Tsulkalû' found the worm formed from the girl's blood, which grew into a baby girl, and gave her to the girl.(Myth 81 · Tsulkalû', the Slant-Eyed Giant · Part 1 · 📍 Tsunegûñ'yi)
  • With: Tsul`kalû' the baby girl (Myth 81) the mother (Myth 81)
  • “He took it up and carried it back to the âsi, and as he walked it took form and began to grow, until, when he reached the âsi, it was a baby girl that he was carrying. He gave it to his wife and said, ‘Your mother does not like me and abuses our child, so come and let us go to my home.’”
• The girl took the baby girl and left with Tsulkalû' for his home.(Myth 81 · Tsulkalû', the Slant-Eyed Giant · Part 1 · 📍 Tsunegûñ'yi)
  • With: Tsul`kalû' the baby girl (Myth 81) the mother (Myth 81)
  • “The girl wanted to be with her husband, so, after telling her mother good-bye, she took up the child and they went off together to Tsunegûñ'yi.”
• The brother found his sister dancing inside the mountain and spoke with her outside.(Myth 81 · Tsul`kalû', the Slant-Eyed Giant · Part 2 · 📍 Tsunegûñ'yi)
  • With: the older brother (Myth 81)
  • “He saw his sister dancing among them and called to her to come out. She turned when she heard his voice, and as soon as the drumming stopped for a while she came out to him, finding no trouble to climb down the rock, and leading her two little children by the hand.”
• The sister told her mother and brother they could see her husband if they came early the next morning.(Myth 81 · Tsul`kalû', the Slant-Eyed Giant · Part 2)
  • With: the mother (Myth 81) the older brother (Myth 81)
  • “After four years had passed she came one day to her mother's house and said her husband had been hunting in the woods near by, and they were getting ready to start home to-morrow, and if her mother and brother would come early in the morning they could see her husband.”
• The sister brought the brother inside the mountain to see her husband.(Myth 81 · Tsul`kalû', the Slant-Eyed Giant · Part 2 · 📍 Tsunegûñ'yi)
  • With: the older brother (Myth 81)
  • “He asked to see her husband, and this time she told him to come inside with her. They went in as through a doorway, and inside he found it like a great townhouse.”

Myth 81 · Tsul`kalû', the Slant-Eyed Giant · Part 1

• parent: the mother (Myth 81) “A long time ago a widow lived with her one daughter at the old town of Kanuga on Pigeon river.”
• married with [[Tsulkalû']] (The text later identifies the husband as Tsulkalû'.) “At last her mother said to her, “Your husband always leaves before daylight.”
• child: the baby girl (Myth 81) “Your mother does not like me and abuses our child, so come and let us go to my home.”
• siblings with the older brother (Myth 81) “Now, the girl had an older brother, who lived with his own wife in another settlement, and when he heard that his sister was married he came to pay a visit to her and her new husband,”

Myth 81 · Tsul`kalû', the Slant-Eyed Giant · Part 2

• siblings with the older brother (Myth 81) “She was very glad to meet her brother and talked with him a long time”

⭐ Constellation map → · 📖 Read the original → · 🗂 Character index → · 🕰 Chronicle → · 📍 Places →

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