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Author: James Mooney
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-03-07
Total Pages: 610
ISBN-13: 0486131327
DOWNLOAD EBOOK126 myths: sacred stories, animal myths, local legends, many more. Plus background on Cherokee history, notes on the myths and parallels. Features 20 maps and illustrations.
Author: Terry L. Norton
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2014-11-19
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 1476618119
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRetelling 30 myths and legends of the Eastern Cherokee, this book presents the stories with important details providing a culturally authentic and historically accurate context. Background information is given within each story so the reader may avoid reliance on glossaries, endnotes, or other explanatory aids. The reader may thus experience the stories more as their original audiences would have. This approach to adapting traditional literature derives from ideas found in reader-response and translation theory and from research in cognitive psychology and sociolinguistics.
Author: Sebastian Berg
Publisher: Creek Ridge Publishing
Published: 2021-08-14
Total Pages: 76
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscover The Spirits and Myths of Cherokee Mythology The myths, beliefs, and customs of the Cherokees remain illustrative and interesting even today. Cherokee mythology has been recognized as a creative amalgamation of the physical world with the mythical one. This is quite evident in the creation and spiritual tales that we read throughout this book. The Cherokees have been devout worshippers of the Creator, Unetlanvhi, who is their main god. They are still proud of their mythology and wish to keep it alive for generations to come. Today, the sovereign Cherokee Nation has formed communities to promote their culture and keep their native history alive. Since the significance of tribal culture and myths is fading away over time, Native Americans are trying to pass the information to the new generations.
Author: Barbara R. Duncan
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780807847190
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTraditional and modern stories by the Cherokee Indians of North Carolina reflect the tribe's religious beliefs and values, observations of animals and nature, and knowledge of history.
Author: G. Keith Parker
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2015-02-18
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 1476604029
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLike ancient peoples the world over, the Cherokees of the southern Appalachian Mountains passed along their traditions and beliefs through stories, songs, dances, and religious and healing rituals. With the creation of Cherokee writing by Sequoyah, some of the traditions were also recorded in books. While evoking local geography and natural phenomena, the stories were also enhanced by powerful psychological and spiritual dynamics. This work examines seven myths that grew out of Cherokee culture, looking at how they emerged to explain archetypal issues. Each of the seven stories is told in full and is followed by a detailed history and analysis that provides its background, its associated rituals, and its psychological basis. One quickly discovers that while the myths are ancient, they are strikingly modern in their understanding of human personality development, family dynamics, community solidarity, and the reality of religion or spirituality. Grounded in the experience of this American Indian people and the land they inhabited, the myths tell universal truths. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author: Anita Yasuda
Publisher: ABDO
Published: 2012-09-01
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 1614788693
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCherokee myths and legends were an important way for customs, beliefs, and histories to be passed down orally through the generations. These myths often explain natural events. In this creation myth, the creation of Earth by the animals and insects is told. The Cherokee nature myth is retold in this brilliantly illustrated Native American Myth. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Short Tales is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Author: Shirley G. Webb
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0595272649
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChildren's stories based on authentic Cherokee legends.
Author: Allan A. Macfarlan
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2001-02-05
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 0486414760
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMore than thirty stories, including creation myths, hero tales, trickster stories, as well as tales of little people, giants, and monsters, and of magic, enchantment, sorcery, and the spirit world.
Author: Matt Clayton
Publisher: Refora Publications
Published: 2020-10-15
Total Pages: 54
ISBN-13: 9781953934079
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Cherokee myth-as in other Indigenous American traditions-the whole of creation is alive and able to communicate like humans and with the human beings who share their environment.
Author: Bradley Wagnon
Publisher: 7th Generation
Published: 2020-08-19
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 193905351X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Fire is an ageless Cherokee myth about the revered water spider in their culture. The story happens in a time when animals could do many of the things that people do. The Creator gave the animals the world to live on, but they were without a source for heat at night. Great Thunder and his sons saw the plight of the animals so he sent lightning down to strike a tree. The tree burst into flames but the tree was on an island. Many animals tried to bring the fire over the water to the shore, but they were all unsuccessful. One small creature, the Water Spider, then volunteered. Curious, the animals said to her “We know you could get there safely, but how would you bring the fire back without getting burned?” Water Spider was successful and to this day, the water spider is revered in Cherokee culture.
