Myths of the Cherokee

the mother (Myth 75)

Family: the Ani'-Tsâ'gûhi · Role: mother · First appears: Myth 75 · Origin of the Bear: The Bear Songs

Life events

  • The boy invited his parents to join him in the woods if they fasted seven days.(Myth 75 · Origin of the Bear: The Bear Songs)
    • With: the boy (Myth 75) the father (Myth 75)
    • “If you will come with me, there is plenty for all of us and you will never have to work for it; but if you want to come you must first fast seven days.”
  • The father and mother decided to go with the boy.(Myth 75 · Origin of the Bear: The Bear Songs)
    • With: the father (Myth 75)
    • “The father and mother talked it over and then told the headmen of the clan. They held a council about the matter and after everything had been said they decided: ‘Here we must work hard and have not always enough. There he says there is always plenty without work. We will go with him.’”
  • The father and mother fasted and left the settlement with the boy leading the way.(Myth 75 · Origin of the Bear: The Bear Songs · 📍 the mountains)
    • With: the boy (Myth 75) the father (Myth 75)
    • “So they fasted seven days, and on the seventh morning all the Ani'-Tsâ'gûhi left the settlement and started for the mountains as the boy led the way.”

Myth 75 · Origin of the Bear: The Bear Songs

  • child: the boy (Myth 75) “His parents scolded, but that did no good, and the boy still went every day”

Also listed in the Ani'-Tsâ'gûhi — Minor Figures

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