Asdiwal

Hero of the eponymous Asdiwal cycle; subject of Lévi-Strauss's landmark 1958 structural analysis. Inherits supernatural hunting equipment from his father and travels between the Skeena River, the sky country, and undersea realms across the cycle.

Parentage

• Hatsenas
• Skeena Chief's Daughter

Powers

• unerring aim
• sky passage
• monster slaying
• Climb into the sky-world
• Make himself invisible
• Hunt without ever missing

Epithets

• Asdiwal

Sources

• Boas, Tsimshian Mythology (1916), pp. 243-273
• Lévi-Strauss, "La geste d'Asdiwal" in Annuaire de l'EPHE (1958)
• Boas (1916)