the young man's mother (Myth 114)

Role: mother · First appears: Myth 114 · Two Lazy Hunters

Life events

• The girl's mother questioned the young man's mother about the deer he had supposedly been carrying.(Myth 114 · Two Lazy Hunters)
  • With: the girl's mother (Myth 114)
  • “So her mother--the old women are usually the matchmakers--got ready and went to the young man's mother to talk it over. When she arrived and the greetings were done she said, ‘Your son must be a good hunter.’ ‘No,’ replied the old woman, ‘he seldom kills anything.’ ‘But he has been killing a great many deer lately.’ ‘I haven't seen any,’ said his mother. ‘Why, he has been carrying deer past our house twice a day for the last three days.’ ‘I don't know what he did with them,’ said the young man's mother; ‘he never brought them here.’”

Myth 114 · Two Lazy Hunters

• child: another lazy fellow (Myth 114) “So her mother--the old women are usually the matchmakers--got ready and went to the young man's mother to talk it over.”

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