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Characters - SoH
Song of Hiawatha Characters
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chibiabos | a musician; Hiawatha’s friend |
| Gitche Manito | The Great Spirit |
| Iagoo | the great boaster and story-teller |
| Jossakeed | a prophet |
| Kabibonokka | The North-Wind |
| Keewaydin | The Northwest Wind, the Home-Wind |
| Kwasind | the Strong Man; friend of Hiawatha |
| Meda | a medicine man |
| Megissogwon | the great Pearl-Feather, a magician, the Manito of Wealth |
| Meshinauwa | a pipe-bearer |
| Minnehaha | the Laughing Water; wife of Hiawatha |
| Mondamin | Indian corn |
| Mudjekeewis | the West-Wind; Hiawatha’s father |
| Nokomis | Hiawatha’s grandmother |
| Osseo | Son of the Evening Star |
| Oweenee | Wife of Osseo |
| Pauguk | Death |
| Pau-Puk-Keewis | The handsome Yenadizze; the son of Storm Fool |
| Shawondasee | The South-Wind |
| Shingebis | The Diver; the Sun |
| Unktahee | The God of Water |
| Wabeno | a magician |
| Wabun | The East-Wind |
| Wabun Annung | The Star of the East; the Morning Star |
| Wenonah | Hiawatha’s mother; daughter of Nokomis |
| Yenadizze | an idler; a gambler; a pretty man |