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Cherokee Mythology

The Mythology Cherokee includes the following Native American peoples: Cherokee, Catawba, Catoba, Issa, Esaw

The Cherokees (ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ah-ni-yv-wi-ya in the Cherokee language), are an indigenous people of North America who inhabited the eastern and southeastern United States before being forced to relocate to the Ozark Plateau. Originally, the Cherokees were self-designated Aniyunwiya, but were called by the Creeks Tsalagi, a name that they themselves have adopted and deformed over time into Cha-ra-gi and in Cherokee.

According to their oral tradition, the Cherokees, speaking an Iroquoian language, would have migrated to the Southeastern United States from the Great Lakes region, where we find different peoples iroquois. Archeology does not distinguish them from other Native Americans during this long period.

The Catawba (in French, the Catobas, also called Issa Where Esaw) are a Native American tribe that originally lived in the Southeastern United States, along the North Carolina-South Carolina border.

Cherokee Mythology (texts)

CHerokee Free Book: The First Fire Cherokee Free Book: MYTHS OF THE CHEROKEE

MYTHS OF THE CHEROKEE

Free Book Cherokee: The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees

The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees

Cherokee Legends

• A New Bow For Tani
• A New Legend For The People
• Agan-uni'tsi's Quest For The Ulunsuti
• Agan-uni'tsi's Search For The Uktena
• Anisga ya Tsunsdi “Little Men”
• Ani'tsutsä - The Boys
• Ataga'hi, The Enchanted Lake
• Battle Between Two Worlds
• Bear legend
• Bigfoot Bird
• Cherokee Creation Story version 1
• Cherokee Creation Story version 2
• Cherokee Medicine Man
• Cherokee Prophecies
• Cherokee Women
• Earth making
• Flint Visits The Rabbit
• Grandmother Spider Steals The Sun
• Hero With The Horned Snakes
• How The Deer Got His Horns
• How The Honey Bee Got Their Stinger
• How The Kingfisher Got His Bill
• How The Milky Way Came To Be
• How The Partridge Got His Whistle
• How The Rabbit Stole The Otter's Coat
• How The Red Bird Got His Color
• How The Terrapin Beat The Rabbit
• How The Turkey Got His Beard
• How The Wildcat Caught The Gobbler
• How The World Was Made
• How They Brought Back The Tobacco
• Hummingbird Brings Back Tobacco
• Kana'sta, The Lost Settlement
• Legend Of The Tlanuhwa And The Uhktena
• Legend Of The Cherokee Rose
• Little People Of The Cherokee
• Marriage Of The North And The South
• Nun'yunu'wi, The Stone Man
• Origin Of Disease And Medicine
• Origin Of Fish And Frogs
• Origin Of The Groundhog Dance
• Origin Of The Pheasant Dance
• Origin Of The Pleiades And The Pine
• Stealing The Sun
• Strawberry Legend
• The Ball Game Between The Birds And The Animals
• The Bear Legend
• The bear man
• The Beginning Of Time
• The Bird Tribes
• The Bride From The South
• The Bullfrog Lover
• The Daughter Of The Sun (aka Sun And Her Daughter)
• The Deluge
• The Eagle's Revenge
• The First Fire
• The Four-Footed Tribes
• The Great Leech Of Tlanusi'yi
• The Haunted Whirlpool
• The Huhu Gets Married
• The Hunter And Selu
• The Hunter And The Buzzard
• The Hunter And The Dakwa
• The Hunter And The Tla'nuwä
• The Hunter And The Uksu'hi
• The ice man
• The Ignorant Housekeeper
• The Journey To The Sunrise
• The Katydid's Warning
• The Legend Of Pilot Knob
• The Legend Of Sequoyah
• The Legend Of The Cedar Tree
• The Legend Of The First Woman
• The Little Boy And The Rattlesnake
• The Little Deer, Awi Usdi
• The Man In The Stump
• The Man Who Married The Thunder's Sister
• The Migration Of The Animals
• The Milky Way
• The Moon And The Thunders
• The Mother Bear's Song
• The Nest Of The Tla'nuwä
• The Nunne'hi And Other Spirit Folk
• The Origin Of Game And Of Corn
• The Origin Of Medicine
• The Origin Of Strawberries
• The Owl Gets Married
• The Pheasant Beating Corn
• The Rabbit And The Tar Wolf
• The Rabbit Dines The Bear
• The Rabbit Escapes From The Wolves
• The Rabbit Goes Duck Hunting
• The Race Between The Crane And The Hummingbird
• The Raven Mocker
• The Red Man And The Uktena
• The Removed Townhouses
• The Return Of Ice Man
• The Sacred Pipe Of The T'salagi
• The Slant-Eyed Giant
• The Snake Boy
• The Snake Man
• The Snake Tribe
• The Spirit Defenders Of Nikwasi '
• The Spirit Of Little Deer
• The Star Feathers
• The Terrapin's Escape From The Wolves
• The Trail Of Tears
• The Tsundige'wi
• The Two Mohawks
• The Two Old Men
• The Uktena And The Ulûñsû'tï
• The Underground Panthers
• The Ustu'tli
• The Uw`tsun'ta
• The Water Cannibals
• The Wolf And The Dog
• The Wolf's Revenge
• Two dogs
• Two lazy hunters
• Two wolves (aka Grandfather Tells aka The Wolves Within)
• Untsaiyi ', The Gambler
• U`tlun'ta, The Spear-finger
• What Became Of The Rabbit
• What The Stars Are Like
• Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail
• Why The Bullfrog's Head Is Striped
• Why The Buzzard's Head Is Bare
• Why The Deer's Teeth Are Blunt
• Why The Mink Smells
• Why The Mole Lives Underground
• Why The Opossum's Tail is Bare
• Why The Owl Has A Spotted Coat
• Why The Trees Lose Their Leaves
• Why The Turkey Gobbles
• Yahula

Catawba Free Book: Catawba texts

Catawba texts

Books on Muskogean Mythology

Comics / Illustrated:

In French :

Only in English:

• Cherokee Mythology: Captivating Myths and Legends of a Native American Tribe
• Cherokee Myths and Legends: Thirty Tales Retold
• Choctaw Tales
• Legends of the Seminoles
• Indian Creek Chronicles
• Myths and Traditions of the Arikara Indians
• Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales
• Native American Legends of the Southeast
• Aunt Mary, Tell Me a Story: A Collection of Cherokee Legends & Tales