the man in the lake (Chapter 043)

Role: supernatural adversary · First appears: The Boy And His Grandmother

In Chapter 043, the grandmother warns the boy that the man in the lake lives in the west and waits to destroy them, saying he “will injure you and me.” At the lake, the boy throws a charm stone into the water, which begins to boil. The next morning, the boy finds the man transformed into a frog and kills it; afterward, no more trouble comes to him or the grandmother.

Relationship record

Life events

• The boy throws a charm stone into the lake, and the water begins to boil.(The Boy And His Grandmother · 📍 lake)
  • With: the boy (Chapter 043)
  • “As it whirled through the air it became very large and fell into the lake, when, at once, the water began to boil.”
• The boy finds the man transformed into a frog and kills it.(The Boy And His Grandmother · 📍 lake)
  • With: the boy (Chapter 043)
  • “So the boy killed the frog, and no more trouble ever came to him or his grandmother.”

The Boy And His Grandmother

• enemies with the boy (Chapter 043) “Far away in the west,” said she, “there lives one who waits to destroy us, and if he sees you he will injure you and me.”
• enemies with the grandmother (Chapter 043) “Far away in the west,” said she, “there lives one who waits to destroy us, and if he sees you he will injure you and me.”

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