the son (Mukakee Mindemoea legend)

Role: son · First appears: Mukakee Mindemoea; or, the Toad-Woman

In “Mukakee Mindemoea; or, the Toad-Woman,” the son was born to the young woman (Mukakee Mindemoea legend) and the handsome young man (Mukakee Mindemoea legend). Mukakee Mindemoea stole him from his cradle despite the little dog’s efforts to stop her. The dog, whom his mother had charged to care for his brother, later told him that Mukakee Mindemoea was not his real mother and had stolen him.

After visiting his real mother at her lodge of cedar boughs, he heard her account and recognized his cradle by the dog’s tooth marks. When Mukakee Mindemoea was gone, he and the little dog killed her children and left with his mother.

Relationship record

Life events

• Mukakee Mindemoea stole the son from his cradle despite the little dog's efforts to stop her.(Mukakee Mindemoea; or, the Toad-Woman)
  • With: Mukakee Mindemoea the little dog (Mukakee Mindemoea legend)
  • “But on looking round, she saw pieces of the wampum of her child's cradle bit off by the dog, who strove to retain the child and prevent his being carried off by an old woman called Mukakee Mindemoea, or the Toad-Woman.”
• The little dog told the son that Mukakee Mindemoea had stolen him and was not his real mother.(Mukakee Mindemoea; or, the Toad-Woman)
  • With: the little dog (Mukakee Mindemoea legend) Mukakee Mindemoea
  • “The dog went and told his young master that he had found his real mother; and informed him that the old woman, whom he called his mother, was not his mother, that she had stolen him when an infant in his cradle, and that he had himself followed her in hopes of getting him back.”
• The young woman told the son that she was his real mother and Mukakee Mindemoea had stolen him.(Mukakee Mindemoea; or, the Toad-Woman · 📍 her lodge of cedar boughs)
  • With: the young woman (Mukakee Mindemoea legend) Mukakee Mindemoea
  • “After this the young man paid the stranger a visit, at her lodge of cedar boughs, and partook of her dish of milk. She then told him she was his real mother, and that he had been stolen away from her by the detestable Toad-Woman, who was a witch.”
• The son became convinced that Mukakee Mindemoea had stolen him after recognizing his cradle.(Mukakee Mindemoea; or, the Toad-Woman)
  • With: Mukakee Mindemoea the young woman (Mukakee Mindemoea legend)
  • “She then produced the real cradle, and he saw it was the same, in substance, with the pieces the other had shown him; and he was convinced, for he could even see the marks of the dog's teeth upon it.”
• The son and the little dog killed Mukakee Mindemoea's children and fled with the young woman.(Mukakee Mindemoea; or, the Toad-Woman)
  • With: the little dog (Mukakee Mindemoea legend) Mukakee Mindemoea
  • “As soon as she was gone, the young man and his dog killed the Toad-Woman's children, and staked them on each side of the door, with a piece of fat in their mouths, and then went to his real mother and hastened her departure with them.”

Mukakee Mindemoea; or, the Toad-Woman

• parent: the young woman (Mukakee Mindemoea legend) “After his being seen by her, he became her husband, and she had a son by him.”
• parent: the handsome young man (Mukakee Mindemoea legend) “After his being seen by her, he became her husband, and she had a son by him.”
• siblings with the little dog (Mukakee Mindemoea legend) “Next day she swung her baby to sleep in its tikenágun, or cradle, and then said to her dog: ‘Take care of your brother whilst I am gone, and when he cries, halloo for me.’”
• foster-parent: Mukakee Mindemoea “The dog went and told his young master that he had found his real mother; and informed him that the old woman, whom he called his mother, was not his mother, that she had stolen him when an infant in his cradle, and that he had himself followed her in hopes of getting him back.”
• enemies with Mukakee Mindemoea “As soon as she was gone, the young man and his dog killed the Toad-Woman's children, and staked them on each side of the door, with a piece of fat in their mouths, and then went to his real mother and hastened her departure with them.”

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