# Manštin — Old Indian Legends character guide

> Manštin in Old Indian Legends by Zitkála-Šá.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** gallant Manštin

**First appearance:** 0014-man-tin-the-rabbit

## Snapshot

A kindhearted rabbit huntsman who kills the child-stealing giant Double-Face with a poisoned arrow and returns the stolen baby to its weeping parents.

## Who they are

Manštin moves through the plains as a noted hunter and self-declared friend to the Dakotas, quick with a bow and quicker to act when a child is in danger. After slaying Double-Face, he wins the parents' trust and then performs a strange, tender magic, drawing their baby up to full manhood and marking him as a brother. His curiosity and skill carry him onward toward a blind grandfather's hut, where the story's next test of generosity begins.

## In the story

### [The Tree-Bound](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/chapters/the-tree-bound)

The young avenger with the magic arrow, who is tricked by Iktomi and becomes tree-bound until freed by a young woman.

### [Shooting of the Red Eagle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/chapters/shooting-of-the-red-eagle)

The real avenger who successfully kills the red eagle with a magic arrow and wins the princess.

### [Manštin, the Rabbit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/chapters/man-tin-the-rabbit)

The kindhearted rabbit brave who rescues a baby from Double-Face, transforms the child into a man, and later trades his eyes for a blind grandfather's magic bags, only to learn a lesson about contentment.

## Links

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