Son of the Wild Woman
Kwakwaka'wakw · demigod · mythic perennial · Recorded classification
Kwakwakawakw ancestral hero, named in the Dzunukwa entry (ancestress of the Namgis through her son Tsilwalagame). Authored as a child of the registered Dzunukwa (parentIds kwakwakawakw_dzunukwa). Typed demigod as the offspring of the deity-class wild-woman; the merge reconciles the descent tier. The directed kin edge is declared as parent-of on Dzunukwa (auto-reciprocated).
Parentage
- parent: Wild Woman of the Woods
Domains
- ancestral origins
Relations
- parent of: Wild Woman of the WoodsTsilwalagame is the son of Dzunukwa; the directed parent-to-child edge is set on the mother Dzunukwa, and Tsilwalagame carries her in parentIds.Franz Boas, Kwakiutl Tales (1910); Kwakiutl Culture as Reflected in Mythology (1935) (secondary)
Sources
- Tsilwalagame is the son of the Kwakwakawakw wild-woman Dzunukwa and the ancestor through whom the Namgis (Nimkish) clan claims descent from her, inheriting her wealth-crests.: Franz Boas, Kwakiutl Tales (1910) (secondary); Franz Boas, Kwakiutl Culture as Reflected in Mythology (1935) (secondary)