the rather elderly man (Iosco legend)

Role: elderly man · First appears: Iosco; or, the Prairie Boys' Visit to the Sun and Moon · Part 2

Life events

The rather elderly man predicted that their journey would be successfully accomplished, though not all would complete it.(Iosco; or, the Prairie Boys' Visit to the Sun and Moon · Part 2)
- With: Iosco
- “He then revealed to them things that would happen in their journey, and predicted its successful accomplishment. “I do not say that all of you,” said he, “will successfully go through it.”
The rather elderly man instructed them how to pass beneath the descending sky and reach the plain beyond.(Iosco; or, the Prairie Boys' Visit to the Sun and Moon · Part 2)
- With: Iosco
- “You must not be afraid. A chasm of awful depth is there, which separates the unknown from this earth, and a veil of darkness conceals it. Fear not. You must leap through; and if you succeed, you will find yourselves on a beautiful plain, and in a soft and mild light emitted by the moon.”

recipient: Iosco “He then revealed to them things that would happen in their journey, and predicted its successful accomplishment.”

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