the arrow-maker’s daughter (Manabozho legend)

Role: Manabozho’s wife · First appears: Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 3

In Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 3, Manabozho watched the old artificer at work and discovered how he made arrowheads; he also saw the artificer’s daughter and perceived that she was beautiful. In Part 7, after defeating the reptiles, Manabozho returned to his dwelling and married her.

In Part 8, Manabozho cut his wife’s back until she fell from blood loss. The Moose warned him that he was killing her, then restored her to life with his drum and rattle. At the end of seven days, Manabozho returned from his fast, and she fed him truffles she had dug through the snow. Later, Manabozho told her where to find a bear he had shot through the heart, and she found it.

Relationship record

Life events

• The old artificer makes arrowheads, and Manabozho discovers his process by watching him work.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 3)
  • With: the old artificer (Manabozho legend)
  • “He followed her as she went, keeping at a distance, and saw the old artificer at work, and so discovered his process.”
• Manabozho married the arrow-maker’s daughter.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 7)
  • With: Manabozho
  • “Having accomplished the victory over the reptiles, Manabozho returned to his former place of dwelling, and married the arrow-maker's daughter.”
• The Moose visited Manabozho, who cut his wife's back; the Moose restored her to life with his drum and rattle.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 8)
  • With: the Moose Manabozho
  • “He then cut her back shockingly, paying no attention to her cries or resistance, until he saw her fall down, from the loss of blood. ‘Manabozho,’ said the Moose, ‘you are killing your wife.’ He immediately ran for his drum and rattle, and restored her to life by his skill.”
• Manabozho returned from his fast, and his wife fed him truffles she had gathered.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 8)
  • With: Manabozho
  • “At the end of seven days he came back to the lodge, pale and emaciated. His wife in the mean time had dug through the snow, and got a small quantity of the root called truffles. These she boiled and set before him.”
• Manabozho shot a bear through the heart with an arrow and told his wife where to find it.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 8)
  • With: Manabozho
  • “‘There,’ said he to his wife, ‘go to the outside, and you will find a large bear, shot through the heart.’ She did so, and found one as he had predicted.”

Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 3

• parent: the old artificer (Manabozho legend) “He also beheld the old man's daughter, and perceived that she was very beautiful.”

Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 7

• married with Manabozho “Having accomplished the victory over the reptiles, Manabozho returned to his former place of dwelling, and married the arrow-maker's daughter.”

Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 8

• married with Manabozho “He had previously directed his wife to change his lodge, so as to inclose a large dry tamarack-tree.”
• benefactor: the Moose “He immediately ran for his drum and rattle, and restored her to life by his skill.”

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