Myths of the Iroquois

the step-father

Role: step-father · First appears: The Man And His Step-Son

The material describes the step-father as hating his step-son, the boy. One day, after the boy obeyed him and put his heels into a porcupine hole, the step-father closed the hole and made him a prisoner.

Relationship record

Life events

  • The step-father traps the boy in a porcupine hole, making him a prisoner.(The Man And His Step-Son)
    • With: the boy (Chapter 042)
    • “The boy obeyed, and as soon as his heels were in, the step-father closed up the hole and made him a prisoner.”

The Man And His Step-Son

  • enemies with the boy (Chapter 042) “A certain man had a step-son whom he hated.”
  • with the boy (Chapter 042) (The man is the boy's step-father; he is also explicitly described as hating him.) “A certain man had a step-son whom he hated.”

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