the Star (Tale 14)

Family: Arikara · Role: husband · First appears: Tale 14 · The Girl Who Married a Star · Part 1

In Tale 14, the girl climbed into another world, where the Star revealed that he had lured her there by becoming a porcupine. He told her, “I am the Star that you saw and that you said you liked,” and became her husband. Many years later, she gave birth to their son, the boy (Tale 14).

In Part 5, when the Snake was inside the boy (Tale 14)’s skull, the Star called on the Sun to move nearer and heat it. Once the Snake crawled out, the boy stood up and caught it by the neck.

Relationship record

Life events

• The girl climbed into another world and the Star revealed himself as the porcupine who had lured her there.(Tale 14 · The Girl Who Married a Star · Part 1)
  • With: the girl who married a Star (Tale 14)
  • “The porcupine had turned into a man. The man spoke to the girl, and said: ‘Why do you cry? I am the Star that you saw and that you said you liked. I went down after you. I turned myself into a porcupine and you came after me, and now you are here in my home.’”
• The girl gave birth to a son fathered by the Star.(Tale 14 · The Girl Who Married a Star · Part 1)
  • With: the girl who married a Star (Tale 14)
  • “Many years afterward she gave birth to a male child.”
• At the boy's father's request, the Sun moved nearer the earth and heated the boy's skull, driving out the Snake.(Tale 14 · The Girl Who Married a Star · Part 5)
  • With: the Sun the boy (Tale 14)
  • “The father called on the Sun to get nearer to the earth, so as to heat the skull so that the Snake would have to jump out. The Sun moved towards the earth and heated the skull. Soon the water was boiling. It became too hot for the Snake, and finally the Snake crawled out of the skull.”
• The boy revived after the Snake crawled out of his skull.(Tale 14 · The Girl Who Married a Star · Part 5)
  • With: the boy (Tale 14) the Snake who escaped and became the boy’s enemy (Tale 14)
  • “finally the Snake crawled out of the skull. No sooner had it got out than the boy stood up and caught the Snake by the neck.”

Tale 14 · The Girl Who Married a Star · Part 1

• married with the girl who married a Star (Tale 14) “I was brought up by my husband, who is a Star.”

Tale 14 · The Girl Who Married a Star · Part 4

• married with the girl who married a Star (Tale 14) “that the Star had married this girl”
• child: the boy (Tale 14) “that the boy’s father was a Star”

Tale 14 · The Girl Who Married a Star · Part 5

• child: the boy (Tale 14) “The father of the boy studied hard as to how to get the Snake out of the boy’s skull.”

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Extracted from the original text of Traditions of the Arikara. Made with Rho MD.