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For obvious reasons the rattlesnake is regarded as the chief of the snake tribe and is feared and respected accordingly
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Long ago--hilahi'yu--when the Sun became angry at the people on earth and sent a sickness to destroy them, the…
Long ago--hilahi'yu--when the Sun became angry at the people on earth and sent a sickness to destroy them, the Little Men changed a man into a monster snake, which they called Uktena, "The Keen-eyed," and sent him to kill her
Read record →The Uktena used to lie in wait in lonely places to surprise its victims, and especially haunted the dark passes…
The Uktena used to lie in wait in lonely places to surprise its victims, and especially haunted the dark passes of the Great Smoky mountains
Read record →The Uktena tried to follow, but the arrow was through his heart, and in another moment he rolled over in his…
The Uktena tried to follow, but the arrow was through his heart, and in another moment he rolled over in his death struggle, spitting poison over all the mountain side
Read record →There was once a great serpent called the Ustû'tli that made its haunt upon Cohutta mountain
There was once a great serpent called the Ustû'tli that made its haunt upon Cohutta mountain
Read record →At last the people went to a great medicine man, who promised to help them
At last the people went to a great medicine man, who promised to help them
Read record →A hunter out in the woods one day saw a Tla'nuwa overhead and tried to hide from it, but the great bird had…
A hunter out in the woods one day saw a Tla'nuwa overhead and tried to hide from it, but the great bird had already seen him, and sweeping down struck its claws into his hunting pack and carried him far up into the air
Read record →The hunters rushed out from the thicket and surrounded the pit, but shoot as true and as often as they could,…
The hunters rushed out from the thicket and surrounded the pit, but shoot as true and as often as they could, their arrows struck the stony mail of the witch only to be broken and fall useless at her feet, while she taunted them and tried to climb out of the p
Read record →They kept up the fight without result until another bird, little Tsi'kilili', the chickadee, flew down from a…
They kept up the fight without result until another bird, little Tsi'kilili', the chickadee, flew down from a tree and alighted upon the witch's right hand
Read record →The messengers found them already on the way, and were surprised to notice that their bodies were beginning to…
The messengers found them already on the way, and were surprised to notice that their bodies were beginning to be covered with hair like that of animals, because for seven days they had not taken human food and their nature was changing
Read record →There is another race of spirits, the Yûñwi Tsunsdi', or "Little People," who live in rock caves on the…
There is another race of spirits, the Yûñwi Tsunsdi', or "Little People," who live in rock caves on the mountain side
Read record →Once a hunter in winter found tracks in the snow like the tracks of little children
Once a hunter in winter found tracks in the snow like the tracks of little children
Read record →About twenty-five years ago a man named Tsantawû' was lost in the mountains on the head of Oconaluftee
About twenty-five years ago a man named Tsantawû' was lost in the mountains on the head of Oconaluftee
Read record →He was sorry to see his mother so lonely, so he said he would go after his sister and try to find her and bring…
He was sorry to see his mother so lonely, so he said he would go after his sister and try to find her and bring her back
Read record →The people of the lost settlement were never seen again, and they are still living in Tsuwa`tel'da
The people of the lost settlement were never seen again, and they are still living in Tsuwa`tel'da
Read record →She looked just like the other women of the settlement, but he did not know her
She looked just like the other women of the settlement, but he did not know her
Read record →Their extinction by massacre is nearly all that can be discovered concerning them
Their extinction by massacre is nearly all that can be discovered concerning them
Read record →He grew famous and powerful among all the medicine men, until at last it happened that another Cherokee went…
He grew famous and powerful among all the medicine men, until at last it happened that another Cherokee went down among the white settlements and saw there another peacock, and knew at once that the prophet was a fraud
Read record →Fell in with this superstitious notion as an excuse for their bad method of living, when they had no proper…
fell in with this superstitious notion as an excuse for their bad method of living, when they had no proper call to stay in that country; and in process of time it became as received a truth as any ever believed to have been spoken by the Delphic oracle
Read record →Jutaculla old fields: A bald spot of perhaps a hundred acres on the slope of Tennessee bald (Tsul`kalû'…
Jutaculla old fields: A bald spot of perhaps a hundred acres on the slope of Tennessee bald (Tsul`kalû' Tsunegûñ'yi), at the extreme head of Tuckasegee river, in Jackson county, on the ridge from which the lines of Haywood, Jackson, and Transylvania counties d
Read record →The Cherokees were a tribe singularly rich in tradition, and of course so wild, gloomy, and remarkable a spot…
The Cherokees were a tribe singularly rich in tradition, and of course so wild, gloomy, and remarkable a spot was not without its legend
Read record →Urning to their friends, they reported that they had discovered a dreadful fissure in an unknown part of the…
urning to their friends, they reported that they had discovered a dreadful fissure in an unknown part of the country, through which a mountain torrent took its way with a deafening noise
Read record →The Cherokee call the place Datsu'nalâsgûñ'yi, "Where there are tracks," or Degayelûñ'ha, "Printed (Branded)…
The Cherokee call the place Datsu'nalâsgûñ'yi, "Where there are tracks," or Degayelûñ'ha, "Printed (Branded) place." The carvings are of many and various patterns, some of them resembling human or animal footprints, while others are squares, crosses, circles,
Read record →This the Cherokee say was the footprint of the great war horse which their chieftain rode
This the Cherokee say was the footprint of the great war horse which their chieftain rode
Read record →Thus ginseng, or "sang," as it is more often called by the white mountaineers, is known to the laity as…
Thus ginseng, or "sang," as it is more often called by the white mountaineers, is known to the laity as â'tali-gûli', "the mountain climber," but is addressed in the formulas as Yûñwi Usdi', "Little Man," while selu (corn) is invoked under the name of Agawe'la
Read record →In the war dance, the scalp trophies, stretched on small hoops, were hung upon a cedar sapling trimmed and…
In the war dance, the scalp trophies, stretched on small hoops, were hung upon a cedar sapling trimmed and decorated for the occasion
Read record →Ginseng, which is sold in large quantities to the local traders, as well as used in the native medical…
Ginseng, which is sold in large quantities to the local traders, as well as used in the native medical practice, is called âtali-gûli', "the mountain climber," but is addressed by the priests as Yûñwi Usdi', "Little Man," or Yûñwi Usdi'ga Ada'wehi'yu, "Little
Read record →The evergreen story is from Ta'gwadihi'
The evergreen story is from Ta'gwadihi'
Read record →In the version given in the Wahnenauhi manuscript the Possum and the Buzzard first make the trial, but come…
In the version given in the Wahnenauhi manuscript the Possum and the Buzzard first make the trial, but come back unsuccessful, one losing the hair from his tail, while the other has the feathers scorched from his head and neck
Read record →Deer shut up in hole--The Indian belief that the game animals were originally shut up in a cave, from which…
Deer shut up in hole--The Indian belief that the game animals were originally shut up in a cave, from which they were afterward released by accident or trickery, is very widespread
Read record →In the mythology of most Indian tribes, as well as of primitive peoples generally, disease is caused by animal…
In the mythology of most Indian tribes, as well as of primitive peoples generally, disease is caused by animal spirits, ghosts, or witchcraft, and the doctor's efforts are directed chiefly to driving out the malevolent spirit
Read record →In a variant noted by Hagar the messengers carry four staves and are seven days traveling to the ghost country
In a variant noted by Hagar the messengers carry four staves and are seven days traveling to the ghost country
Read record →N he goes through and climbs up on the other side until he comes to the house of a great beneficent spirit, who…
n he goes through and climbs up on the other side until he comes to the house of a great beneficent spirit, who is designated, according to the Indian system of respect, as grandfather
Read record →It, she opened the bag, on which it escaped at once and took its flight for the realms of Papkootpawut." [530]…
it, she opened the bag, on which it escaped at once and took its flight for the realms of Papkootpawut." [530] In a myth from British Columbia two brothers go upon a similar errand to bring back their mother's soul
Read record →They ascertained that the country where it grew in the greatest quantities was situated on the big waters, and…
They ascertained that the country where it grew in the greatest quantities was situated on the big waters, and that the gateway to that country (a mighty gorge among the mountains) was perpetually guarded by an immense number of little people or spirits
Read record →The same belief is noted by Chatelain in Angola, West Africa: "In African folk tales the animal world, as also…
The same belief is noted by Chatelain in Angola, West Africa: "In African folk tales the animal world, as also the spirit world, is organized and governed just like the human world
Read record →The Rabbit--The part played by the Rabbit or Hare and his symbolic character in Indian myth has been already…
The Rabbit--The part played by the Rabbit or Hare and his symbolic character in Indian myth has been already noted (see "Stories and Story Tellers")
Read record →The bear--A reverence for the bear and a belief that it is half human is very general among the tribes, and is…
The bear--A reverence for the bear and a belief that it is half human is very general among the tribes, and is probably based in part upon the ability of the animal to stand upright and the resemblance of its tracks to human footprints
Read record →The goals are two sets of upright poles at either end of the ball ground, which is always a level grassy bottom…
The goals are two sets of upright poles at either end of the ball ground, which is always a level grassy bottom beside a small stream
Read record →Adair, evidently confusing several Cherokee snake myths, speaks of some reputed gigantic rattlesnakes in the…
Adair, evidently confusing several Cherokee snake myths, speaks of some reputed gigantic rattlesnakes in the Cherokee mountains, with beautiful changing colors and great power of fascination, by which they drew into their jaws any living creature coming within
Read record →297): The belief in the great Uktena and the magic power of the Ûlûñsû'ti is firmly implanted in the Cherokee…
297): The belief in the great Uktena and the magic power of the Ûlûñsû'ti is firmly implanted in the Cherokee breast
Read record →On, also, the gambler flees directly to the west, and as often as the brothers shoot at him with their arrows…
on, also, the gambler flees directly to the west, and as often as the brothers shoot at him with their arrows the thunder rolls and the lightning flashes, but he escapes by sinking into the earth, which opens for him, to reappear in another form somewhere else
Read record →"And here, I cannot forbear pausing a moment to call your attention to the grand and picturesque scenery which…
"And here, I cannot forbear pausing a moment to call your attention to the grand and picturesque scenery which opens to the view of the admiring spectator
Read record →Another, in tracking his victims used "something which looked like a finger, but was really a pointer made of…
Another, in tracking his victims used "something which looked like a finger, but was really a pointer made of bone
Read record →A close parallel to the Cherokee story is found among the Nisqualli of Washington, in a story of three [four?]…
A close parallel to the Cherokee story is found among the Nisqualli of Washington, in a story of three [four?] brothers, who are captured by a miraculously strong dwarf who ties them and carries them off in his canoe
Read record →Like a man again--It is a regular article of Indian belief, which has its parallels in European fairy lore,…
Like a man again--It is a regular article of Indian belief, which has its parallels in European fairy lore, that one who has eaten the food of the spirit people or supernaturals can not afterward return to his own people and live, unless at once, and sometimes
Read record →Bewildered--"Crazy persons were supposed to be possessed with the devil or afflicted with the Nanehi"…
Bewildered--"Crazy persons were supposed to be possessed with the devil or afflicted with the Nanehi" (Buttrick, Antiquities, p
Read record →Tsul`kalû', the slant-eyed giant (p
Tsul`kalû', the slant-eyed giant (p
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