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Myths of the Cherokee

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

James Mooney

186 CHAPTERS · 284,410 WORDS · ABOUT 1073 MINUTES

James Mooney's record of Cherokee sacred formulas, myths and legends, collected in the 1880s and 1890s in the Qualla Boundary and published by the Bureau of American Ethnology. The source of the Library's Appalachian story shelf — Spear-finger, the Uktena, Tsul'kalu, the Nunnehi.

SUBJECTSCherokeeAppalachiaNative American traditionMyth and legendEthnography
TAGS#cherokee#appalachia#folklore#mythology#oral-tradition#ethnography#north-carolina#sacred-formulas#spear-finger#uktena#nunnehi#bureau-of-american-ethnology#primary-source
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CONTENTS

  1. 1I--INTRODUCTION4 MIN
  2. 2II--HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CHEROKEE — part 112 MIN
  3. 3II--HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CHEROKEE — part 212 MIN
  4. 4II--HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CHEROKEE — part 312 MIN
  5. 5II--HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CHEROKEE — part 412 MIN
  6. 6II--HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CHEROKEE — part 512 MIN
  7. 7II--HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CHEROKEE — part 612 MIN
  8. 8II--HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CHEROKEE — part 711 MIN
  9. 9FROM THE FIRST TREATY TO THE REMOVAL--1785-1838 — part 112 MIN
  10. 10FROM THE FIRST TREATY TO THE REMOVAL--1785-1838 — part 212 MIN
  11. 11FROM THE FIRST TREATY TO THE REMOVAL--1785-1838 — part 312 MIN
  12. 12FROM THE FIRST TREATY TO THE REMOVAL--1785-1838 — part 412 MIN
  13. 13FROM THE FIRST TREATY TO THE REMOVAL--1785-1838 — part 512 MIN
  14. 14FROM THE FIRST TREATY TO THE REMOVAL--1785-1838 — part 613 MIN
  15. 15FROM THE FIRST TREATY TO THE REMOVAL--1785-1838 — part 712 MIN
  16. 16FROM THE FIRST TREATY TO THE REMOVAL--1785-1838 — part 811 MIN
  17. 17FROM THE FIRST TREATY TO THE REMOVAL--1785-1838 — part 912 MIN
  18. 18FROM THE FIRST TREATY TO THE REMOVAL--1785-1838 — part 1013 MIN
  19. 19THE REMOVAL--1838-3910 MIN
  20. 20THE ARKANSAS BAND--1817-183813 MIN
  21. 21THE TEXAS BAND--1817-19005 MIN
  22. 22THE CHEROKEE NATION IN THE WEST--1840-190018 MIN
  23. 23THE EASTERN BAND — part 112 MIN
  24. 24THE EASTERN BAND — part 212 MIN
  25. 25THE EASTERN BAND — part 312 MIN
  26. 26THE EASTERN BAND — part 46 MIN
  27. 27III--NOTES TO THE HISTORICAL SKETCH8 MIN
  28. 28SYNONYMS — part 112 MIN
  29. 29SYNONYMS — part 212 MIN
  30. 30SYNONYMS — part 312 MIN
  31. 31SYNONYMS — part 412 MIN
  32. 32SYNONYMS — part 512 MIN
  33. 33SYNONYMS — part 612 MIN
  34. 34SYNONYMS — part 711 MIN
  35. 35SYNONYMS — part 812 MIN
  36. 36SYNONYMS — part 912 MIN
  37. 37SYNONYMS — part 106 MIN
  38. 38IV--STORIES AND STORY TELLERS18 MIN
  39. 391. HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE3 MIN
  40. 402. THE FIRST FIRE3 MIN
  41. 413. KANA'TI AND SELU: THE ORIGIN OF GAME AND CORN14 MIN
  42. 42WAHNENAUHI VERSION3 MIN
  43. 434. ORIGIN OF DISEASE AND MEDICINE5 MIN
  44. 445. THE DAUGHTER OF THE SUN5 MIN
  45. 456. HOW THEY BROUGHT BACK THE TOBACCO1 MIN
  46. 46SECOND VERSION1 MIN
  47. 477. THE JOURNEY TO THE SUNRISE4 MIN
  48. 489. WHAT THE STARS ARE LIKE1 MIN
  49. 4910. ORIGIN OF THE PLEIADES AND THE PINE1 MIN
  50. 5011. THE MILKY WAY1 MIN
  51. 5112. ORIGIN OF STRAWBERRIES1 MIN
  52. 5213. THE GREAT YELLOW-JACKET: ORIGIN OF FISH AND FROGS2 MIN
  53. 5314. THE DELUGE1 MIN
  54. 5415. THE FOURFOOTED TRIBES10 MIN
  55. 5516. THE RABBIT GOES DUCK HUNTING2 MIN
  56. 5617. HOW THE RABBIT STOLE THE OTTER'S COAT3 MIN
  57. 5718. WHY THE POSSUM'S TAIL IS BARE2 MIN
  58. 5819. HOW THE WILDCAT CAUGHT THE GOBBLER1 MIN
  59. 5920. HOW THE TERRAPIN BEAT THE RABBIT3 MIN
  60. 6021. THE RABBIT AND THE TAR WOLF1 MIN
  61. 61SECOND VERSION1 MIN
  62. 6222. THE RABBIT AND THE POSSUM AFTER A WIFE1 MIN
  63. 6323. THE RABBIT DINES THE BEAR1 MIN
  64. 6424. THE RABBIT ESCAPES FROM THE WOLVES1 MIN
  65. 6525. FLINT VISITS THE RABBIT2 MIN
  66. 6626. HOW THE DEER GOT HIS HORNS1 MIN
  67. 6727. WHY THE DEER'S TEETH ARE BLUNT2 MIN
  68. 6828. WHAT BECAME OF THE RABBIT1 MIN
  69. 6930. WHY THE MOLE LIVES UNDERGROUND1 MIN
  70. 7031. THE TERRAPIN'S ESCAPE FROM THE WOLVES2 MIN
  71. 7132. ORIGIN OF THE GROUNDHOG DANCE: THE GROUNDHOG'S HEAD1 MIN
  72. 7234. THE WOLF'S REVENGE--THE WOLF AND THE DOG1 MIN
  73. 7335. THE BIRD TRIBES9 MIN
  74. 7436. THE BALL GAME OF THE BIRDS AND ANIMALS3 MIN
  75. 7537. HOW THE TURKEY GOT HIS BEARD1 MIN
  76. 7638. WHY THE TURKEY GOBBLES1 MIN
  77. 7739. HOW THE KINGFISHER GOT HIS BILL1 MIN
  78. 7840. HOW THE PARTRIDGE GOT HIS WHISTLE1 MIN
  79. 7941. HOW THE REDBIRD GOT HIS COLOR1 MIN
  80. 8042. THE PHEASANT BEATING CORN; ORIGIN OF THE PHEASANT DANCE1 MIN
  81. 8143. THE RACE BETWEEN THE CRANE AND THE HUMMINGBIRD2 MIN
  82. 8244. THE OWL GETS MARRIED2 MIN
  83. 8345. THE HUHU GETS MARRIED2 MIN
  84. 8447. THE EAGLE'S REVENGE1 MIN
  85. 8548. THE HUNTER AND THE BUZZARD1 MIN
  86. 8649. THE SNAKE TRIBE6 MIN
  87. 8750. THE UKTENA AND THE ULÛÑSÛ'TI3 MIN
  88. 8851. ÂGAN-UNI'TSI'S SEARCH FOR THE UKTENA4 MIN
  89. 8952. THE RED MAN AND THE UKTENA2 MIN
  90. 9053. THE HUNTER AND THE UKSU'HI2 MIN
  91. 9154. THE USTÛ'TLI3 MIN
  92. 9255. THE UW'TSÛÑ'TA1 MIN
  93. 9356. THE SNAKE BOY1 MIN
  94. 9457. THE SNAKE MAN1 MIN
  95. 9558. THE RATTLESNAKE'S VENGEANCE2 MIN
  96. 9659. THE SMALLER REPTILES--FISHES AND INSECTS8 MIN
  97. 9761. THE BULLFROG LOVER1 MIN
  98. 9863. ÛÑTSAIYI', THE GAMBLER8 MIN
  99. 9964. THE NEST OF THE TLA'NUWA2 MIN
  100. 10065. THE HUNTER AND THE TLA'NUWA2 MIN
  101. 10166. U`TLÛÑ'TA, THE SPEAR-FINGER5 MIN
  102. 10267. NÛÑ'YUNU'WI, THE STONE MAN3 MIN
  103. 10368. THE HUNTER IN THE DAKWA'1 MIN
  104. 104WAHNENAUHI VERSION1 MIN
  105. 10569. ATAGÂ'HI, THE ENCHANTED LAKE1 MIN
  106. 10670. THE BRIDE FROM THE SOUTH1 MIN
  107. 10771. THE ICE MAN2 MIN
  108. 10872. THE HUNTER AND SELU1 MIN
  109. 10973. THE UNDERGROUND PANTHERS2 MIN
  110. 11074. THE TSUNDIGE'WI1 MIN
  111. 11175. ORIGIN OF THE BEAR: THE BEAR SONGS3 MIN
  112. 11276. THE BEAR MAN5 MIN
  113. 11377. THE GREAT LEECH OF TLANUSI'YI2 MIN
  114. 11478. THE NÛÑNE'HI AND OTHER SPIRIT FOLK10 MIN
  115. 11579. THE REMOVED TOWNHOUSES2 MIN
  116. 11680. THE SPIRIT DEFENDERS OF NIKWASI'3 MIN
  117. 11781. TSUL`KALÛ', THE SLANT-EYED GIANT8 MIN
  118. 11882. KANA'STA, THE LOST SETTLEMENT3 MIN
  119. 11983. TSUWE'NAHI: A LEGEND OF PILOT KNOB5 MIN
  120. 12084. THE MAN WHO MARRIED THE THUNDER'S SISTER4 MIN
  121. 12185. THE HAUNTED WHIRLPOOL1 MIN
  122. 12286. YAHULA3 MIN
  123. 12387. THE WATER CANNIBALS3 MIN
  124. 12488. FIRST CONTACT WITH WHITES2 MIN
  125. 12589. THE IROQUOIS WARS8 MIN
  126. 12690. HIADEONI, THE SENECA2 MIN
  127. 12791. THE TWO MOHAWKS3 MIN
  128. 12892. ESCAPE OF THE SENECA BOYS2 MIN
  129. 12993. THE UNSEEN HELPERS5 MIN
  130. 13094. HATCINOÑDOÑ'S ESCAPE FROM THE CHEROKEE4 MIN
  131. 13195. HEMP-CARRIER2 MIN
  132. 13296. THE SENECA PEACEMAKERS2 MIN
  133. 13397. ORIGIN OF THE YONTOÑWISAS DANCE4 MIN
  134. 13498. GA'NA'S ADVENTURES AMONG THE CHEROKEE7 MIN
  135. 13599. THE SHAWANO WARS6 MIN
  136. 136100. THE RAID ON TIKWALI'TSI1 MIN
  137. 137101. THE LAST SHAWANO INVASION2 MIN
  138. 138102. THE FALSE WARRIORS OF CHILHOWEE4 MIN
  139. 139103. COWEE TOWN1 MIN
  140. 140104. THE EASTERN TRIBES6 MIN
  141. 141105. THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN TRIBES17 MIN
  142. 142106. THE GIANTS FROM THE WEST1 MIN
  143. 143107. THE LOST CHEROKEE1 MIN
  144. 144108. THE MASSACRE OF THE ANI'-KUTA'NI2 MIN
  145. 145109. THE WAR MEDICINE2 MIN
  146. 146110. INCIDENTS OF PERSONAL HEROISM2 MIN
  147. 147111. THE MOUNDS AND THE CONSTANT FIRE: THE OLD SACRED THINGS3 MIN
  148. 148112. THE IGNORANT HOUSEKEEPER1 MIN
  149. 149113. THE MAN IN THE STUMP1 MIN
  150. 150114. TWO LAZY HUNTERS3 MIN
  151. 151115. THE TWO OLD MEN1 MIN
  152. 152116. THE STAR FEATHERS2 MIN
  153. 153117. THE MOTHER BEAR'S SONG1 MIN
  154. 154119. WHEN BABIES ARE BORN: THE WREN AND THE CRICKET1 MIN
  155. 155120. THE RAVEN MOCKER4 MIN
  156. 156121. HERBERT'S SPRING1 MIN
  157. 157122. LOCAL LEGENDS OF NORTH CAROLINA13 MIN
  158. 158123. LOCAL LEGENDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA1 MIN
  159. 159124. LOCAL LEGENDS OF TENNESSEE5 MIN
  160. 160125. LOCAL LEGENDS OF GEORGIA9 MIN
  161. 161126. PLANT LORE15 MIN
  162. 162VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS — part 112 MIN
  163. 163VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS — part 212 MIN
  164. 164VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS — part 311 MIN
  165. 165VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS — part 411 MIN
  166. 166VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS — part 512 MIN
  167. 167VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS — part 611 MIN
  168. 168VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS — part 712 MIN
  169. 169VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS — part 812 MIN
  170. 170VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS — part 911 MIN
  171. 171VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS — part 1012 MIN
  172. 172VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS — part 1112 MIN
  173. 173VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS — part 1212 MIN
  174. 174VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS — part 1311 MIN
  175. 175VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS — part 1411 MIN
  176. 176VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS — part 1512 MIN
  177. 177VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS — part 1612 MIN
  178. 178VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS — part 1711 MIN
  179. 179VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS — part 183 MIN
  180. 180GLOSSARY OF CHEROKEE WORDS — part 111 MIN
  181. 181GLOSSARY OF CHEROKEE WORDS — part 211 MIN
  182. 182GLOSSARY OF CHEROKEE WORDS — part 311 MIN
  183. 183GLOSSARY OF CHEROKEE WORDS — part 411 MIN
  184. 184GLOSSARY OF CHEROKEE WORDS — part 511 MIN
  185. 185GLOSSARY OF CHEROKEE WORDS — part 611 MIN
  186. 186GLOSSARY OF CHEROKEE WORDS — part 74 MIN

THE TEXT

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