the old man (Chapter 004)

Role: porcupine · First appears: The Thunderers

Life events

• The old man saved the injured warrior, treated his wound, and cared for him until he recovered.(The Thunderers · 📍 the pit)
  • With: the injured warrior (Chapter 004)
  • “The young warrior readily promised, and the old man applied herbs to his wound and attended him skillfully until he recovered.”
• The recovered warrior hunted for the old man as promised.(The Thunderers · 📍 the pit)
  • With: the injured warrior (Chapter 004)
  • “All through the winter the youth hunted in the service of the old man”
• The Thunderers struck the old man, in porcupine form, with a bolt and killed him.(The Thunderers · 📍 its den)
  • With: the Thunderers (Chapter 004)
  • “finally a bolt struck the huge animal, which fell lifeless into its den.”

The Thunderers

• servant: the injured warrior (Chapter 004) “All through the winter the youth hunted in the service of the old man, who told him that whenever he killed any game too large for one man to carry, he would come himself and help to convey it to the pit, in which they continued to reside.”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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