the Prince of Serpents
Role: prince · First appears: Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 6
In Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 6, Manabozho shot the Prince of Serpents in the left side, mortally wounding him. In Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 7, the female spirit (Manabozho legend) referred to him as her son, saying Manabozho had shot him in revenge for the loss of his nephew.
Manabozho pretended to prepare to extract the dart, then thrust it into the Prince of Serpents and killed him. He skinned him and wore his hide, which had great virtues, and killed the serpents who remained to guard their dead prince.
Relationship record
Life events
- Manabozho shot the Prince of Serpents in the left side.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 6)
- With: Manabozho
- “When they did so, Manabozho took his bow and arrows, and cautiously stepping over the serpents till he came to the prince, drew up his arrow with the full strength of his arm, and shot him in the left side.”
- The Prince of Serpents was mortally wounded by Manabozho.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 6)
- “The sound uttered by the snakes on seeing their prince mortally wounded, was horrible.”
- Manabozho killed the Prince of Serpents by thrusting the dart into him.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 7)
- With: Manabozho
- “He pretended to make preparations for extracting it, but only made ready to finish his victim; and giving the dart a sudden thrust, he put a period to the prince's life.”
- Manabozho skinned the Prince of Serpents and wore his hide, which had great virtues.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 7)
- With: Manabozho
- “He went to work and skinned him. He then drew on his skin, in which there were great virtues, took up his war-club, and set out for the place where he first went in the ground.”
- Manabozho killed the serpents who remained to guard their dead prince.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 7)
- With: Manabozho
- “Those who remained Manabozho killed.”
- Schoolcraft's remarks tell that Manabozho killed the prince of serpents, who had destroyed his grandson Chebizbos.(Pauguk, and the Mythological Interpretation of Hiawatha)
Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 6
- enemies with Manabozho “When they did so, Manabozho took his bow and arrows, and cautiously stepping over the serpents till he came to the prince, drew up his arrow with the full strength of his arm, and shot him in the left side.”
Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 7
- parent: the female spirit (Manabozho legend) “not to have heard how Manabozho shot my son, the prince of serpents, in revenge for the loss of his nephew”
- enemies with Manabozho “and giving the dart a sudden thrust, he put a period to the prince's life.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends. Made with Rho MD.