Osseo

Role: husband · First appears: Osseo; or, the Son of the Evening Star · Part 1

Osseo was an old, poor man, scarcely able to walk, when Oweenee married him. Passing through a hollow log, he became a beautiful young man. The Spirit of the stars told him his enchantment was broken and his evil genius overcome, then called him to ascend and bring those he loved.

At the Evening Star, Osseo and Oweenee regained their youth and beauty. Osseo’s father explained that the wicked spirit had transformed them into decrepit old persons, and in time Oweenee gave birth to their son. When the boy’s arrow struck his younger aunt and dissolved the charm, Osseo and his family descended to an island, where they resumed their natural shapes as fairies.

Relationship record

Life events

• Osseo passed through a hollow log and became a beautiful young man.(Osseo; or, the Son of the Evening Star · Part 1)
  • “The moment Osseo, who was of the turtle totem, came to it, he stopped short, uttered a loud and peculiar yell, and then dashing into one end of the log, he came out at the other, a most beautiful young man, and springing back to the road, he led off the party with steps as light as the reindeer.”
• The Spirit of the stars told Osseo that his enchantment was broken and his evil genius overcome.(Osseo; or, the Son of the Evening Star · Part 1)
  • With: the father of Osseo
  • “The spell you were under is broken. Your evil genius is overcome. I have cast him down by my superior strength, and it is this strength I now exert for your happiness.”
• The Spirit of the stars called Osseo to ascend into the skies and bring those he loved.(Osseo; or, the Son of the Evening Star · Part 1)
  • With: the father of Osseo
  • “Ascend, my son--ascend into the skies, and partake of the feast I have prepared for you in the stars, and bring with you those you love.”
• Osseo and Oweenee reach the Evening Star after their transformations are reversed.(Osseo; or, the Son of the Evening Star · Part 2 · 📍 the Evening Star)
  • With: Oweenee
  • “In a moment the youth and beauty of his wife returned; her dingy garments assumed the shining appearance of green silk, and her cane was changed into a silver feather. The lodge again shook and trembled, for they were now passing through the uppermost clouds, and they immediately after found themselves in the Evening Star, the residence of Osseo's father.”
• The old man explains that the wicked spirit transformed Osseo and Oweenee into decrepit old persons.(Osseo; or, the Son of the Evening Star · Part 2 · 📍 the Evening Star)
  • With: Oweenee the father of Osseo
  • “He failed in several attempts to destroy your brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, but succeeded at last in transforming yourself and your wife into decrepit old persons.”
• Oweenee gives birth to Osseo's son.(Osseo; or, the Son of the Evening Star · Part 2 · 📍 the Evening Star)
  • With: Oweenee
  • “Osseo lived happy and contented in the parental lodge, and in due time his wife presented him with a son, who grew up rapidly, and was the image of his father.”
• Osseo's son shoots his younger aunt, whose blood dissolves the charm.(Osseo; or, the Son of the Evening Star · Part 2 · 📍 the Evening Star)
  • With: Osseo's son
  • “He soon became expert, and the very first day brought down a bird, but when he went to pick it up, to his amazement, it was a beautiful young woman with the arrow sticking in her breast. It was one of his younger aunts. The moment her blood fell upon the surface of that pure and spotless planet, the charm was dissolved.”
• The charm's dissolution sends Osseo's family down to an island, where they resume their natural shapes as fairies.(Osseo; or, the Son of the Evening Star · Part 2 · 📍 a high, romantic island in a large lake)
  • With: Oweenee Osseo's son the younger aunt (Osseo legend)
  • “The boy immediately found himself sinking, but was partly upheld, by something like wings, till he passed through the lower clouds, and he then suddenly dropped upon a high, romantic island in a large lake. He was pleased on looking up, to see all his aunts and uncles following him in the form of birds, and he soon discovered the silver lodge, with his father and mother, descending with its waving barks looking like so many insects' gilded wings. It rested on the highest cliffs of the island, and here they fixed their residence. They all resumed their natural shapes, but were diminished to the size of fairies;”

Osseo; or, the Son of the Evening Star · Part 1

• married with Oweenee “At last she married an old man called OSSEO, who was scarcely able to walk, and was too poor to have things like others.”
• parent: the father of Osseo “It is the voice of the Spirit of the stars that calls you away to happiness and celestial rest.”
• benefactor: the father of Osseo “The spell you were under is broken. Your evil genius is overcome. I have cast him down by my superior strength, and it is this strength I now exert for your happiness.”

Osseo; or, the Son of the Evening Star · Part 2

• married with Oweenee “In a moment the youth and beauty of his wife returned”
• parent: the father of Osseo “the residence of Osseo's father.”
• enemies with the wicked spirit (Osseo legend) “whom you overcame at the log.”
• child: Osseo's son “his wife presented him with a son”

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