the girl’s husband, the star (Tale 15)

Family: unknown · Role: star and father · First appears: Tale 15 · The Girl Who Married a Star · Part 1

That same night, the girl who married a star was taken to the heavens to live with the girl who married a star (Tale 15) as his wife, and he instructed her what to do and what not to do. In Tale 15 Part 2, while their son was sleeping, the last Snake entered his body. The star sent wind and rain, helping the boy drive the Snake out and capture it; the Snake could not overcome the boy’s “great mysterious power of his father.”

Relationship record

Life events

• The girl was taken to the heavens to live with the star as his wife.(Tale 15 · The Girl Who Married a Star · Part 1 · 📍 heavens)
  • With: the girl who married a star (Tale 15)
  • “That same night, while sleeping, the girl was taken away up in the heavens, to live with her husband”
• The last Snake entered the boy’s body; his father sent wind and rain that helped him drive it out and capture it.(Tale 15 · The Girl Who Married a Star · Part 2)
  • With: the boy, son of the girl who married a star (Tale 15) the last Snake (Tale 15)
  • “There came a scorching heat, and the water began to make the Snake peep out its head, but the boy would say, ‘Old-Woman’s-Grandson is still alive.’ It got too hot for the Snake. It fled, and the boy sprang to his feet and caught it.”

Tale 15 · The Girl Who Married a Star · Part 1

• married with the girl who married a star (Tale 15) “That same night, while sleeping, the girl was taken away up in the heavens, to live with her husband, he giving her instructions what to do and what not to do.”
• child: the boy, son of the girl who married a star (Tale 15) “The serpent said that he could not do anything, because the boy was gifted with a great mysterious power of his father.”

Tale 15 · The Girl Who Married a Star · Part 2

• child: the boy, son of the girl who married a star (Tale 15) “His father above knew all of this.”

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