“The Dog-Husband” has a very interesting title since the whole story did not talk mainly about the Dog husband. The story is really interesting, but the wording is too confusing. After reading the story, I am very impressed with the girl, who survived through all the pain of abandonment by her family and the hardships in raising her children. Although I impressed with her determine and strong will, I want to rewrite the story to give her a happier life. For example, instead of having her dog lover killed by her parents, her dog lover survived, and she is abandoned by her family to live with him. Together, they take care of their children. Her dog lover is not an evil creature but a nature spirit. Due to his supernatural being, he can only take human form at night to be with her and a dog form at daytime. Yet, their children are the union of two kinds, and so, they can freely change to either form in their own will. The girl and her dog husband determined to raise their children up to be good and useful people so she and her new family can be accept back to their old tribe. During this time, a disease and famine struck the land. The girl’s old tribe suffers greatly, and they have to migrate in order to survive. In their migration, they come across the land where they abandoned the girl. However, the land is now prosperous and fertile due to her new family hard work. She and new family welcome the people of the tribe and feed them with bountiful food that was farmed and hunted by her children. The sick people of the tribe are healed by her dog husband. Because of her generosity in forgiving what they have done to her, they make her children the chiefs of the tribe after joining her family at their land. Since then, the people of the tribe value nature creatures, and they only hunt for necessity but not excessively.
Bibliography. Stith Thompson. Tales of North American Indian. Link
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