Great Head

Also known as: the Great Head / the Head · Role: supernatural being · First appears: Great Head

Life events

• The youngest brother agreed to accompany Great Head to the witch's abode.(Great Head)
  • With: the youngest brother (Chapter 008)
  • “The young man consenting, he and the Great Head started on the morrow”
• The youngest brother and Great Head killed the witch, whose flesh became animals, birds, and fish.(Great Head)
  • With: the youngest brother (Chapter 008) the witch (Chapter 008)
  • “and so they killed her, and her flesh was turned into animals, and birds, and fish.”
• Great Head called the nine brothers to awake, and they arose to life and reunited with their youngest brother.(Great Head)
  • With: the youngest brother (Chapter 008) the eldest of the nine brothers (Chapter 008)
  • “and the Great Head out of the wind called to the nine brothers to awake, and they all arose to life, shouting for joy at seeing each other and their youngest brother again.”

Great Head

• siblings with the man buried in the earth (Chapter 008) (The buried man identifies Great Head as his brother.) “I know what it is--it is my brother, the Great Head, who is howling through this hurricane.”

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.