the bear (Myth 76)

Role: bear · First appears: Myth 76 · The Bear Man

Life events

The hunter wounded the bear with an arrow, but the bear pulled out the arrows and invited him to live together.(Myth 76 · The Bear Man · 📍 the mountains)
- With: the hunter (Myth 76)
- “At last he stopped and pulled the arrows out of his side and gave them to the man, saying, ‘It is of no use for you to shoot at me, for you can not kill me. Come to my house and let us live together.’”
The hunter lived with the bear and gradually grew long hair and began to act like a bear.(Myth 76 · The Bear Man · 📍 the cave)
- With: the hunter (Myth 76)
- “The hunter lived in the cave with the bear all winter, until long hair like that of a bear began to grow all over his body and he began to act like a bear; but he still walked like a man.”
The hunters killed the bear, skinned him, and cut his body into quarters.(Myth 76 · The Bear Man · 📍 the cave)
- With: the hunter (Myth 76)
- “The hunters came and looked inside and saw the bear and killed him with their arrows. Then they dragged him outside the cave and skinned the body and cut it in quarters to carry home.”
After the hunters left, the bear rose from beneath the leaves and went back into the woods.(Myth 76 · The Bear Man)
- With: the hunter (Myth 76)
- “Before they left the man piled leaves over the spot where they had cut up the bear, and when they had gone a little way he looked behind and saw the bear rise up out of the leaves, shake himself, and go back into the woods.”

enemies with the hunter (Myth 76) “A man went hunting in the mountains and came across a black bear, which he wounded with an arrow.”
recipient: the hunter (Myth 76) “Come to my house and let us live together.”

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