# The Rattlesnake — Zuni Folktales character guide

> The Rattlesnake in Zuni Folktales by Frank Hamilton Cushing.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0026-how-the-rattlesnakes-came-to-be-what-they-are

## Who they are

A snake character who appears in stories explaining its nature.

## In the story

### [The Boy Hunter Who Never Sacrificed to the Deer He Had Slain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/zuni_folktales_se/chapters/the-boy-hunter-who-never-sacrificed-to-the-deer-he-had-slain)

The serpent form of the maiden and the council of rattlesnakes that aid the young man.

### [How the Rattlesnakes Came to Be What They Are](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/zuni_folktales_se/chapters/how-the-rattlesnakes-came-to-be-what-they-are)

The mother of the little girl who died; she swoons and wriggles, contributing to the transformation.

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