the white bird, the bird of Heaven

Family: Iroquois · Role: heavenly messenger · First appears: Pauguk, and the Mythological Interpretation of Hiawatha

Life events

• In the Iroquois version, the white bird struck and annihilated Hiawatha's daughter, and was itself annihilated.(Pauguk, and the Mythological Interpretation of Hiawatha)
  • With: Hiawatha's favorite daughter
  • “To the dismay of all, it struck the daughter of Hiawatha with such force as to drive her remains into the earth, completely annihilating her. The bird itself was annihilated in annihilating Hiawatha's daughter.”

Pauguk, and the Mythological Interpretation of Hiawatha

• enemies with Hiawatha's favorite daughter “it struck the daughter of Hiawatha with such force as to drive her remains into the earth, completely annihilating her.”

Also listed in Iroquois — Minor Figures

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