Myths of the Cherokee

About this eBook

Author

Mooney, James, 1861-1921

Title

Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology

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Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Cherokee Indians -- History

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Text

eBook-No.

45634

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45634

Release Date

May 11, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.MYTHS OF THE CHEROKEE
5. 5.I—INTRODUCTION
6. 6.II—HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CHEROKEE — The Traditionary Period — The Period of Spanish Exploration —1540–? — The Colonial and Revolutionary Period —1654–1784 — Relations with the United States — FROM THE FIRST TREATY TO THE REMOVAL—1785–1838 — THE REMOVAL—1838–39 — THE ARKANSAS BAND—1817–1838 — THE TEXAS BAND—1817–1900 — THE CHEROKEE NATION IN THE WEST—1840–1900 — THE EASTERN BAND
7. 7.III—NOTES TO THE HISTORICAL SKETCH
8. 8.IV —STORIES AND STORY TELLERS
9. 9.V —THE MYTHS — Cosmogonic Myths — 1. HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE — 2. THE FIRST FIRE — 3. KANA′TĬ AND SELU: THE ORIGIN OF GAME AND CORN — 4. ORIGIN OF DISEASE AND MEDICINE — 5. THE DAUGHTER OF THE SUN — 6. HOW THEY BROUGHT BACK THE TOBACCO — 7. THE JOURNEY TO THE SUNRISE — 8. THE MOON AND THE THUNDERS. — 9. WHAT THE STARS ARE LIKE — 10. ORIGIN OF THE PLEIADES AND THE PINE — 11. THE MILKY WAY — 12. ORIGIN OF STRAWBERRIES — 13. THE GREAT YELLOW-JACKET: ORIGIN OF FISH AND FROGS — 14. THE DELUGE — Quadruped Myths — 15. THE FOURFOOTED TRIBES — 16. THE RABBIT GOES DUCK HUNTING — 17. HOW THE RABBIT STOLE THE OTTER’S COAT — 18. WHY THE POSSUM’S TAIL IS BARE — 19. HOW THE WILDCAT CAUGHT THE GOBBLER — 20. HOW THE TERRAPIN BEAT THE RABBIT — 21. THE RABBIT AND THE TAR WOLF — 22. THE RABBIT AND THE POSSUM AFTER A WIFE — 23. THE RABBIT DINES THE BEAR — 24. THE RABBIT ESCAPES FROM THE WOLVES — 25. FLINT VISITS THE RABBIT — 26. HOW THE DEER GOT HIS HORNS — 27. WHY THE DEER’S TEETH ARE BLUNT — 28. WHAT BECAME OF THE RABBIT — 29. WHY THE MINK SMELLS — 30. WHY THE MOLE LIVES UNDERGROUND — 31. THE TERRAPIN’S ESCAPE FROM THE WOLVES — 32. ORIGIN OF THE GROUNDHOG DANCE: THE GROUNDHOG’S HEAD — 33. THE MIGRATION OF THE ANIMALS — 34. THE WOLF’S REVENGE—THE WOLF AND THE DOG — Bird Myths — 35. THE BIRD TRIBES — 36. THE BALL GAME OF THE BIRDS AND ANIMALS — 37. HOW THE TURKEY GOT HIS BEARD — 38. WHY THE TURKEY GOBBLES — 39. HOW THE KINGFISHER GOT HIS BILL — 40. HOW THE PARTRIDGE GOT HIS WHISTLE — 41. HOW THE REDBIRD GOT HIS COLOR — 42. THE PHEASANT BEATING CORN; ORIGIN OF THE PHEASANT DANCE — 43. THE RACE BETWEEN THE CRANE AND THE HUMMINGBIRD — 44. THE OWL GETS MARRIED — 45. THE HUHU GETS MARRIED — 46. WHY THE BUZZARD’S HEAD IS BARE — 47. THE EAGLE’S REVENGE — 48. THE HUNTER AND THE BUZZARD — Snake, Fish, and Insect Myths — 49. THE SNAKE TRIBE — 50. THE UKTENA AND THE ULÛÑSÛ′TĬ — 51. ÂGĂN-UNI′TSĬ’S SEARCH FOR THE UKTENA — 52. THE RED MAN AND THE UKTENA — 53. THE HUNTER AND THE UKSU′HĬ — 54. THE USTÛ′TLĬ — 55. THE UWʼTSÛÑ′TA — 56. THE SNAKE BOY — 57. THE SNAKE MAN — 58. THE RATTLESNAKE’S VENGEANCE — 59. THE SMALLER REPTILES—FISHES AND INSECTS — 60. WHY THE BULLFROG’S HEAD IS STRIPED — 61. THE BULLFROG LOVER — 62. THE KATYDID’S WARNING — Wonder Stories — 63. ÛÑTSAIYĬ′, THE GAMBLER — 64. THE NEST OF THE TLĂ′NUWĂ — 65. THE HUNTER AND THE TLĂ′NUWĂ — 66. UʻTLÛÑ′TĂ, THE SPEAR-FINGER — 67. NÛÑ′YUNU′WĬ, THE STONE MAN — 68. THE HUNTER IN THE DĂKWĂ′ — 69. ATAGÂ′HĬ, THE ENCHANTED LAKE — 70. THE BRIDE FROM THE SOUTH — 71. THE ICE MAN — 72. THE HUNTER AND SELU — 73. THE UNDERGROUND PANTHERS — 74. THE TSUNDIGE′WĬ — 75. ORIGIN OF THE BEAR: THE BEAR SONGS — 76. THE BEAR MAN — 77. THE GREAT LEECH OF TLANUSI′YĬ — 78. THE NÛÑNĔ′HĬ AND OTHER SPIRIT FOLK — 79. THE REMOVED TOWNHOUSES — 80. THE SPIRIT DEFENDERS OF NĬKWĂSĬ′ — 81. TSULʻKĂLÛ′, THE SLANT-EYED GIANT — 82. KĂNA′STA, THE LOST SETTLEMENT — 83. TSUWE′NĂHĬ: A LEGEND OF PILOT KNOB — 84. THE MAN WHO MARRIED THE THUNDER’S SISTER — 85. THE HAUNTED WHIRLPOOL — 86. YAHULA — 87. THE WATER CANNIBALS — Historical Traditions — 88. FIRST CONTACT WITH WHITES — 89. THE IROQUOIS WARS — 90. HIADEONI, THE SENECA — 91. THE TWO MOHAWKS — 92. ESCAPE OF THE SENECA BOYS — 93. THE UNSEEN HELPERS — 94. HATCINOÑDOÑ’S ESCAPE FROM THE CHEROKEE — 95. HEMP-CARRIER — 96. THE SENECA PEACEMAKERS — 97. ORIGIN OF THE YONTOÑWISAS DANCE — 98. GAʼNA’S ADVENTURES AMONG THE CHEROKEE — 99. THE SHAWANO WARS — 100. THE RAID ON TĬKWĂLI′TSĬ — 101. THE LAST SHAWANO INVASION — 102. THE FALSE WARRIORS OF CHILHOWEE — 103. COWEE TOWN — 104. THE EASTERN TRIBES — 105. THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN TRIBES — 106. THE GIANTS FROM THE WEST — 107. THE LOST CHEROKEE — 108. THE MASSACRE OF THE ANI′-KUTA′NĬ — 109. THE WAR MEDICINE — 110. INCIDENTS OF PERSONAL HEROISM — 111. THE MOUNDS AND THE CONSTANT FIRE: THE OLD SACRED THINGS — Miscellaneous Myths and Legends — 112. THE IGNORANT HOUSEKEEPER — 113. THE MAN IN THE STUMP — 114. TWO LAZY HUNTERS — 115. THE TWO OLD MEN — 116. THE STAR FEATHERS — 117. THE MOTHER BEAR’S SONG — 118. BABY SONG, TO PLEASE THE CHILDREN — 119. WHEN BABIES ARE BORN: THE WREN AND THE CRICKET — 120. THE RAVEN MOCKER — 121. HERBERT’S SPRING — 122. LOCAL LEGENDS OF NORTH CAROLINA — 123. LOCAL LEGENDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA — 124. LOCAL LEGENDS OF TENNESSEE — 125. LOCAL LEGENDS OF GEORGIA — 126. PLANT LORE
10. 10.NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS
11. 11.GLOSSARY OF CHEROKEE WORDS
12. 12.INDEX TO PART 1 — A — B — C — D — E — F — G — H — I — J — K — L — M — N — O — P — Q — R — S — T — U — V — W — X — Y — Z
13. 13.Colophon — Availability — Encoding — Revision History — External References — Corrections

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