Iagoo

E156436

Iagoo is a legendary Native American storyteller figure featured in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem "The Song of Hiawatha."

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Iagoo canonical 1
Old Iagoo 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf character in epic poetry
fictional character
legendary figure
storyteller
appearsIn The Song of Hiawatha
appearsInGenre epic poem
associatedWith Ojibwe-inspired legends
associatedWithAuthor Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s mythic cycle
basedOn composite of Native American storyteller figures
createdBy Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
culture Native Americans
surface form: Native American
describedAs a legendary storyteller
a teller of tales
fictionalUniverse mythic world of The Song of Hiawatha
firstPublishedIn The Song of Hiawatha
surface form: The Song of Hiawatha (1855)
hasNotableAttribute knowledge of many tales and legends
influencedBy Native American oral tradition
languageOfWork English (via Longfellow’s poem)
literaryMotif frame storyteller
literaryPeriod 19th-century American literature
medium literature
nameVariant Iagoo self-linksurface differs
surface form: Old Iagoo
narrativeFunction relates traditional stories to other characters
nationalityInFiction Native American
portrayedAs a wise narrator of myths
an old man
role storyteller in The Song of Hiawatha
themeAssociation oral storytelling tradition
preservation of cultural memory
workLocationInFiction Great Lakes region
surface form: Great Lakes region (mythic setting)

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Iagoo nameVariant Iagoo self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Old Iagoo