Sheem

Role: youngest child · First appears: Sheem, the Forsaken Boy, or Wolf Brother

Before he died, the father of Sheem charged the children to care for their mother and youngest brother; when they reached his side, he was dead. Five moons passed and the sixth was near its full when the mother of Sheem died, after making her children renew their promise to their father. the sister of Sheem, the eldest, had shown tender affection for her sickly younger brother, but one day she left to seek the elder brother of Sheem, abandoning Sheem at the lodge. He became partly transformed into a wolf, completed the change, and exclaimed, “I am a wolf!”

Relationship record

Life events

• The father dies after charging his children to care for their mother and youngest brother.(Sheem, the Forsaken Boy, or Wolf Brother)
  • With: the father of Sheem the mother of Sheem the sister of Sheem the elder brother of Sheem
  • “but, when they came to his side, the spirit had taken its flight.”
• The mother dies after making her children renew their promise to their father.(Sheem, the Forsaken Boy, or Wolf Brother)
  • With: the mother of Sheem the sister of Sheem the elder brother of Sheem
  • “when the mother also died.”
• The daughter leaves to seek her elder brother, abandoning the youngest brother at the lodge.(Sheem, the Forsaken Boy, or Wolf Brother)
  • With: the sister of Sheem
  • “Then, taking her bundle, she set off in search of habitations.”
• The youngest brother becomes partly transformed into a wolf and then completes the transformation.(Sheem, the Forsaken Boy, or Wolf Brother)
  • “till the change was completely accomplished, when he exclaimed, ‘I am a wolf!’ and bounded out of sight.”

Sheem, the Forsaken Boy, or Wolf Brother

• parent: the father of Sheem “For you, my partner in life, I have less sorrow in parting, because I am persuaded you will not remain long behind me, and will therefore find the period of your sufferings shortened. But you, my children! my poor and forsaken children, who have just commenced the career of life, who will protect you from its evils?”
• parent: the mother of Sheem “The mother and daughter gave vent to their feelings in lamentations.”
• siblings with the sister of Sheem “The girl, being the eldest, dictated to her brothers, and seemed to feel a tender and sisterly affection for the youngest, who was rather sickly and delicate.”
• siblings with the elder brother of Sheem “The elder brother was still more astonished, when, getting nearer shore, he perceived his poor brother partly transformed into that animal.”

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