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Kana’tï And Selu, Part 1: The Origin Of Game And Corn
Part 1: The Wild Boy [from Myths of the Cherokee, by James Mooney] When I was a boy this is what the old men told me they had heard when...
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Cherokee Fables: The First Fire
In the beginning there was no fire, and the world was cold, until the Thunders (Ani’-Hyûñ’tïkwälâ’skï), who lived up in Gälûñ’lätï, sent...
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Cherokee Fables: How the World was Made
The earth is a great island floating in a sea of water, and suspended at each of the four cardinal points by a cord hanging down from the...
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Cherokee Fables: Snake that moves like an Inchworm
Ustû’tlï that made its haunt upon Cohutta mountain. It was called the Ustû’tlï or “foot” snake, because it did not glide like other...