Note 150 — SENECA FICTION, LEGENDS, AND MYTHS (continued 9)
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The word Djoñiaik, correctly written Djoñʹiaik, is the Seneca name of the robin redbreast (Merula migratoria). In the story it is called by the epithet of the “Laughing Man,” which refers to a certain series of notes of this bird, which resemble exultant laughter among men.