Thunder's wife

Role: Thunder's wife · First appears: Myth 63 · Ûñtsaiyi', the Gambler · Part 1

Life events

Thunder's wife threw the boy into the river, and he emerged with clean skin.(Myth 63 · Ûñtsaiyi', the Gambler · Part 1)
- With: the boy (Myth 63)
- “She did as she was told, and threw it into the water, and ever since there is an eddy there that we call Ûñ'tiguhi', ‘Pot-in-the-water.’ A service tree and a calico bush grew on the bank above. A great cloud of steam came up and made streaks and blotches on their bark, and it has been so to this day. When the steam cleared away she looked over and saw the boy clinging to the roots of the service tree where they hung down into the water, but now his skin was all clean.”
Thunder's wife helped the boy up the bank and advised him how to choose ornaments and stop the coming fight.(Myth 63 · Ûñtsaiyi', the Gambler · Part 1)
- With: the boy (Myth 63)
- “She helped him up the bank, and they went back to the house. On the way she told him, ‘When we go in, your father will put a new dress on you, but when he opens his box and tells you to pick out your ornaments be sure to take them from the bottom. Then he will send for his other sons to play ball against you. There is a honey-locust tree in front of the house, and as soon as you begin to get tired strike at that and your father will stop the play, because he does not want to lose the tree.’”

married with Thunder “There was a large pot in the corner and he told his wife to fill it with water and put it over the fire.”
recipient: the boy (Myth 63) “She helped him up the bank, and they went back to the house.”

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