# Niagara — The Hashish Eater character guide

> Niagara in The Hashish Eater by Fitz Hugh Ludlow.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0026-xxiii-the-hell-of-waters-and-the-hell-of-treachery

## Who they are

The personified waterfall, a sublime natural force in the visions.

## Relationships

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hashish_eater_se/characters/narrator)

_psychological_

Niagara is a natural force or symbol that appears in the Narrator's visions, evoking awe and overwhelming power.

## In the story

### [My Stony Guardian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hashish_eater_se/chapters/xviii-my-stony-guardian)

The Falls and Rapids are central to the chapter, providing both sublime inspiration and later affliction to the narrator's memory.

### [XXIII: The Hell of Waters and the Hell of Treachery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hashish_eater_se/chapters/xxiii-the-hell-of-waters-and-the-hell-of-treachery)

Haunts the narrator's dreams, appearing as a cliff over the falls and a setting for his watery catastrophes.

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