# Old Mítsina — Zuni Folktales character guide

> Old Mítsina in Zuni Folktales by Frank Hamilton Cushing.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mítsina, old Mítsina, The Hermit Mítsina, himself, myself

**First appearance:** 0001-zuni-folktales

## Snapshot

A hermit elder who lives apart from the towns, keeper of old knowledge and wary counsel for those who seek him out.

## Who they are

Old Mítsina dwells away from the pueblos, a solitary figure whose long memory of the ancients makes him a source of wisdom for travelers and suppliants. His withdrawal from communal life sets him in quiet tension with the busy world of priests and maidens, yet his door still opens to those who come with proper respect. In the early arc he represents the older, harder knowledge that the young must seek out if they hope to survive the dangers abroad.

## In the story

### [The Hermit Mítsina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/zuni_folktales_se/chapters/the-hermit-m-tsina)

The hermit who gambles with and defeats young men, later loses to the War-gods and is blinded.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/zuni_folktales_se/chapters/endnotes)

Noted as a disgraced god who applied the term 'terrace' to his game bed.

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