the king of the fishes (Manabozho legend)

Role: king of the fishes · First appears: Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 2

In Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 2, the king of the fishes tells Trout to take Manabozho’s bait and line, and Trout does so. In Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 3, he tells the sunfish (Manabozho legend) to take Manabozho’s line; he then swallows Manabozho and his canoe. Manabozho strikes the fish’s heart repeatedly with his war-club and kills him.

Relationship record

Life events

• The king of the fishes tells Trout to take Manabozho’s bait, and Trout takes the line.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 2)
  • With: Trout
  • “At last the king of the fishes said, ‘Manabozho troubles me. Here, Trout, take hold of his line.’ The trout did so.”
• The king of the fishes tells the sunfish to take Manabozho’s line.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 3)
  • With: the sunfish (Manabozho legend)
  • “But the king of the fishes told a monstrous sunfish to take hold of it”
• The king of the fishes swallows Manabozho and his canoe, taking them down into his belly.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 3)
  • “at one mouthful, he took Manabozho and his canoe down.”
• Manabozho strikes the king of the fishes repeatedly with his war-club.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 3)
  • With: Manabozho
  • “Looking in his canoe, he saw his war-club, with which he immediately struck the heart of the fish.”
• Manabozho kills the king of the fishes with repeated blows to its heart.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 3)
  • With: Manabozho
  • “He then renewed his attack upon the fish's heart, and succeeded, by repeated blows, in killing him”

Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 2

• servant: Trout “At last the king of the fishes said, ‘Manabozho troubles me. Here, Trout, take hold of his line.’”

Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 3

• enemies with Manabozho (The king of the fishes had swallowed Manabozho and his canoe.) “He then renewed his attack upon the fish's heart, and succeeded, by repeated blows, in killing him”
• servant: the sunfish (Manabozho legend) “But the king of the fishes told a monstrous sunfish to take hold of it; for Manabozho was tiring him with his incessant calls.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends. Made with Rho MD.