the strange warrior (Myth 47)

Role: warrior · First appears: Myth 47 · The Eagle's Revenge

In Myth 47, the strange warrior entered the dance circle at the townhouse about midnight and recited his exploits. His first yell caused one of the seven rattlers to fall dead; he continued singing and screaming until all seven had fallen, then left into the darkness.

Long afterward, the hunter revealed that the strange warrior was the brother of an eagle he had shot.

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Life events

• The strange warrior entered the dance circle and recited his exploits.(Myth 47 · The Eagle's Revenge · 📍 the townhouse)
  • “About midnight there was a whoop outside and a strange warrior came into the circle and began to recite his exploits.”
• The strange warrior's yell caused one of the rattlers to fall dead.(Myth 47 · The Eagle's Revenge · 📍 the townhouse)
  • “He told how he had killed a man, and at the end of the story he gave a hoarse yell, Hi! that startled the whole company, and one of the seven men with the rattles fell over dead.”
• The strange warrior's next yell caused a second rattler to fall dead.(Myth 47 · The Eagle's Revenge · 📍 the townhouse)
  • “He sang of another deed, and at the end straightened up with another loud yell. A second rattler fell dead”
• The strange warrior continued his song and screams until all seven rattlers had fallen dead, then left.(Myth 47 · The Eagle's Revenge · 📍 the townhouse)
  • “Still he kept on, and at every pause there came again that terrible scream, until the last of the seven rattlers fell dead, and then the stranger went out into the darkness.”
• The hunter later revealed that the strange warrior was the brother of the eagle he had shot.(Myth 47 · The Eagle's Revenge)
  • With: the hunter (Myth 47) an eagle (Myth 47)
  • “Long afterward they learned from the eagle killer that it was the brother of the eagle shot by the hunter.”

Myth 47 · The Eagle's Revenge

• siblings with an eagle (Myth 47) “Long afterward they learned from the eagle killer that it was the brother of the eagle shot by the hunter.”

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