the large redheaded Woodpecker
Also known as: Woodpecker · Role: magician · First appears: Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 7
In “Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 7,” the large redheaded Woodpecker, a magician, gave Manabozho raccoons and sent the remaining meat home for his children. He was married and had an eldest son; he asked his wife, “Have you nothing to give Manabozho? he must be hungry.”
In Part 8, the Woodpecker visited Manabozho. When Manabozho hurt himself trying to climb a tree as the Woodpecker did, the Woodpecker used his drum and rattle to restore him to his senses, showed him how he obtained raccoons, and left. In Part 9, Manabozho invited the Woodpecker to a feast, but transformed the guests into squirrels after their coughing revealed the meat was enchanted.
Relationship record
Life events
- The Woodpecker gave Manabozho raccoons and sent the remaining meat home for his children.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 7)
- With: Manabozho
- “The Woodpecker said to his wife, ‘Give him what remains of the raccoons to take home for his children.’”
- The Woodpecker visited Manabozho, who received him.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 8)
- With: Manabozho
- “Some time after the Woodpecker went to pay a visit to Manabozho. He was received with the usual attention.”
- Manabozho tried to imitate the Woodpecker climbing a tree, injured himself, and fell senseless.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 8)
- With: Manabozho
- “He made awkward efforts to ascend, but continually slipped down. He struck the tree with the bone in his nose, until at last he drove it so far up his nostrils that the blood began to flow, and he fell down senseless at the foot of the tree.”
- The Woodpecker restored Manabozho to his senses with his drum and rattle.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 8)
- With: Manabozho
- “The Woodpecker started after his drum and rattle to restore him, and having got them, succeeded in bringing him to.”
- The Woodpecker demonstrated that he could obtain raccoons by climbing the tree, then left Manabozho.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 8)
- With: Manabozho
- “The Woodpecker said nothing, but flying on the tree, drew out several fine raccoons. ‘Here,’ said he, ‘this is the way we do,’ and left him with apparent contempt.”
- Manabozho transformed the feast guests into squirrels after their coughing revealed the meat was enchanted.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 9)
Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 7
- recipient: Manabozho “The Woodpecker said to his wife, ‘Give him what remains of the raccoons to take home for his children.’”
- married with the Woodpecker’s wife “After some time, the Woodpecker, who was a magician, said to his wife, ‘Have you nothing to give Manabozho? he must be hungry.’”
- child: the Woodpecker’s eldest son “Run,” said the Woodpecker to his eldest son, “and give it to him.”
Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 8
- recipient: Manabozho “The Woodpecker started after his drum and rattle to restore him, and having got them, succeeded in bringing him to.”
Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 9
- friends with Manabozho “Of these he cut off as many pieces, of equal length, as would serve to invite his friends to a feast. A red stick was sent to each one, not forgetting the Moose and the Woodpecker.”
- enemies with Manabozho “But the more they ate the faster they coughed and the louder became the uproar, until Manabozho, exerting his former power, which he now felt to be renewed, transformed them all into the Adjidamo, or squirrel, an animal which is still found to have the habit of barking, or coughing, whenever it sees any one approach its nest.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends. Made with Rho MD.