Native American Marriage Tales Bibliography: Native American Marriage Tales by Stith Thompson marriage-dog-husband.html There was a women who owned a cat. This cat was her best friend they were together all day. During the night the cat would turn into a human and come into her bed to keep her company. One day the girl woke up and realized she was pregnant. The family knew it was from the cat and they were ashamed at the situation. So they killed the cat and left the girl to fend for herself. They did this because they thought she would not make it on her own. But the girl learned many things and survived on her own. She had the kittens and kept them fed. There were three boys and two girls. She wanted them to be human so that they could help her out so she burned the blanket that had the cats on it and they were forever human. Once they got old enough the mother taught the boys to hunt. So the boys would go out and get animals for them to eat. The girls were taught to go ou...
Native American Marriage Tales Bibliography: Native American Marriage Tales by Stith Thompson marriage-dog-husband.html There was a girl in a village who owned a dog, she loved her dog so much. Every night her dog would change into human form and lay with the girl and then before daylight he would change back into a dog. The girl got pregnant and the family realized that it was because of the dog. The family was so ashamed they burned down their home with the girl inside. The crow felt bad for the girl and told her to hide out during the fire, so she did. She lived and had five dog puppies but had to care for them herself because her dog lover was killed. The mother would go out and get clams for the dogs to eat because it was the only way they could live. One day when she was collecting clams she heard a bunch of noise coming from the hut they lived in. So she pretended to keep getting clams while sneaking up ti see what they were doing. When she came up the dogs turned int...
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