the young man (Myth 120)

Role: hunter · First appears: Myth 120 · The Raven Mocker

In Myth 120, at the âsi, the young man hid in a dark corner as the old man and the old woman returned and talked about their hunting, revealing that they were Raven Mockers. The old man gave him beadwork and asked him to keep what he had heard secret: “Take this, and don't tell anybody what you heard last night”.

The young man threw the beadwork into a creek and told the settlement what he had witnessed. He led warriors back to the house seven days after the first night; they found the old man and his wife dead inside and burned the house with them.

Relationship record

Life events

• The old man and the old woman returned to the house while the young man hid in the dark corner.(Myth 120 · The Raven Mocker · 📍 the âsi)
  • With: the old man (Myth 120) the old woman (Myth 120)
  • “Very soon he heard a raven cry outside, and in a little while afterwards the old man came into the âsi and sat down by the fire without noticing the young man, who kept still in the dark corner. Soon there was another raven cry outside, and the old man said to himself, ‘Now my wife is coming,’ and sure enough in a little while the old woman came in and sat down by her husband.”
• The old man and the old woman revealed to the young man that they were Raven Mockers by discussing their hunting.(Myth 120 · The Raven Mocker · 📍 the âsi)
  • With: the old man (Myth 120) the old woman (Myth 120)
  • “Said the old man to his wife, ‘Well, what luck did you have?’ ‘None,’ said the old woman, ‘there were too many doctors watching. What luck did you have?’ ‘I got what I went for,’ said the old man, ‘there is no reason to fail, but you never have luck. Take this and cook it and let's have something to eat.’”
• The old man gave the young man beadwork and asked him to keep their secret.(Myth 120 · The Raven Mocker · 📍 the âsi)
  • With: the old man (Myth 120)
  • “After breakfast the young man started on again, but when he had gone a little way the old man ran after him with a fine piece of beadwork and gave it to him, saying, ‘Take this, and don't tell anybody what you heard last night, because my wife and I are always quarreling that way.’”
• The young man threw the beadwork into a creek and told the settlement what he had witnessed.(Myth 120 · The Raven Mocker)
  • “The young man took the piece, but when he came to the first creek he threw it into the water and then went on to the settlement. There he told the whole story”
• The young man led warriors back to the house, where they found the old man and old woman dead and burned the house with them inside.(Myth 120 · The Raven Mocker · 📍 the house)
  • With: the old man (Myth 120) the old woman (Myth 120)
  • “a party of warriors started back with him to kill the Raven Mockers. When they reached the place it was seven days after the first night. They found the old man and his wife lying dead in the house, so they set fire to it and burned it and the witches together.”

Myth 120 · The Raven Mocker

• benefactor: the old man (Myth 120) “The young man started on again, but when he had gone a little way the old man ran after him with a fine piece of beadwork and gave it to him”

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