Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Skinner. Menomini: Wolf Brother

BookSkinner, A. Folklore of the Menomini Indians. (1915) 

StoryWolf Brother. Skinner also provides cross-references.
 
Characters: Manabus, Muhwase (his twin wolf-brother), wolf-nephew

Plot (this is the abstract provided by Skinner): (a) Manabus meets Wolf brother on the ice. (b) Hunts with them several days; when he departs Wolf brother gives Manabus his son for a servant. (c) The [jealous underground] gods plot against them. Manabus overhears [in his sleep], warns brother not to cross over water on ice. (d) . Wolf brother disobeys, and is dragged down and drowned. [Manabus overhears underground gods mocking his grief, and he vows revenge.]




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