Cherokee oral traditions

The legends are in English.

• Unetlanvhi
• Jistu
• Uktena
• Thunderers
• Tlanuwa
• Yunwi Tsunsdi '
• Nunnehi
• Stoneclads
• 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