Hemlock Bows
Role: hunter and father · First appears: The Hunter And His Faithless Wife
One day, Hemlock Bows’s son was born, and he was very fond of the boy. Three years later, his daughter was born. After the second child’s birth, his wife seemed to care no more for him; one day, he discovered her meeting and kissing another man.
His wife beat him until he could not see, drove the children into the cold and snow, burned their cabin, and left. The boy rescued Hemlock Bows, his sister, and their dog, then returned to the cabin and set it alight while his mother was inside. After Hemlock Bows recovered, he and the children went to live with a woman by the lake; Hemlock Bows married her, and the boy married her daughter.
Relationship record
Life events
- Hemlock Bows's son was born.(The Hunter And His Faithless Wife)
- With: boy (Chapter 047)
- “One day a boy was born unto him;”
- Hemlock Bows's daughter was born.(The Hunter And His Faithless Wife)
- With: little girl (Chapter 047)
- “After three years more a little girl was born.”
- Hemlock Bows's wife stopped caring for her husband.(The Hunter And His Faithless Wife)
- With: Hemlock Bows's wife (Chapter 047)
- “After the birth of her second child the wife seemed to care no more for her husband.”
- Hemlock Bows discovered his wife meeting and kissing another man.(The Hunter And His Faithless Wife)
- With: Hemlock Bows's wife (Chapter 047)
- “A very nice-looking man came out of the tree to meet her. He wore a turban filled with bright feathers. He went up to her and kissed her, and seemed very much delighted to see her.”
- Hemlock Bows's wife drove out the children, burned their cabin, and left.(The Hunter And His Faithless Wife)
- With: Hemlock Bows's wife (Chapter 047) boy (Chapter 047) little girl (Chapter 047)
- “She was very angry, and took a club and beat her husband till he could not see. Then she went home, put the boy and girl out in the cold and snow, and then set fire to the cabin and burned it down and went off.”
- The boy rescued his father, sister, and dog, then burned his mother to death.(The Hunter And His Faithless Wife)
- With: boy (Chapter 047) little girl (Chapter 047) Hemlock Bows's wife (Chapter 047)
- “He got his father, sister, and dog away, and then went back and set fire to the cabin his mother was in. It burned so fast that she could not get out and she died.”
- Hemlock Bows married the woman by the lake.(The Hunter And His Faithless Wife)
- With: woman by the lake (Chapter 047)
- “The old man married the woman, and the boy the daughter, and so they were happy at last.”
The Hunter And His Faithless Wife
- married with Hemlock Bows's wife (Chapter 047) “After the birth of her second child the wife seemed to care no more for her husband.”
- child: boy (Chapter 047) “One day a boy was born unto him; the father was very fond of him and he planted a few hills of corn and beans, but they lived mostly on meat.”
- child: little girl (Chapter 047) “After three years more a little girl was born.”
- married with woman by the lake (Chapter 047) “His father got well, and they all went to live with the woman and her daughter. The old man married the woman, and the boy the daughter, and so they were happy at last.”
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Extracted from the original text of Myths of the Iroquois. Made with Rho MD.