the sister of Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid

Role: sister; Morning Star · First appears: Puck Wudj Ininees; or, the Vanishing Little Men

In Puck Wudj Ininees; or, the Vanishing Little Men, Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid’s sister raised him and named him for the little shell she hung around his neck. When he told her they must separate, she chose the east, saying, “I would like to go to the place of the breaking of daylight.” The winds carried her to the eastern sky, where she became the Morning Star.

Relationship record

Life events

• The sister raised Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid and named him for the little shell he wore.(Puck Wudj Ininees; or, the Vanishing Little Men)
  • With: Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid
  • “his sister made him a little bow and arrows, and suspended around his neck a small shell, saying, you shall be called Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid, or He of the Little Shell.”
• Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid told his sister they must separate and asked where she wished to dwell.(Puck Wudj Ininees; or, the Vanishing Little Men)
  • With: Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid
  • “When he returned home he told his sister that they must separate. ‘I must go away,’ said he, ‘it is my fate. You too,’ he added, ‘must go away soon. Tell me where you would wish to dwell.’”
• Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid and his sister agreed to separate, with her choosing the east and him the mountains and rocks.(Puck Wudj Ininees; or, the Vanishing Little Men)
  • With: Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid
  • “She said, “I would like to go to the place of the breaking of daylight. I have always loved the east.”
• The winds carried Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid's sister to the eastern sky, where she became the Morning Star.(Puck Wudj Ininees; or, the Vanishing Little Men · 📍 the eastern sky)
  • With: Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid
  • “Presently the winds blew, and, as he predicted, his sister was borne by them to the eastern sky, where she has ever since been, and her name is the Morning Star.”

Puck Wudj Ininees; or, the Vanishing Little Men

• siblings with Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid “My sister, there is a Manito, at each of the four corners of the earth.”
• recipient: Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid “When he was able to walk, his sister made him a little bow and arrows, and suspended around his neck a small shell, saying, you shall be called Wa-Dais-Ais-Imid, or He of the Little Shell.”

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