{"id":22029,"date":"2022-08-04T00:07:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T00:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=22029"},"modified":"2022-08-04T00:09:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T00:09:36","slug":"conte-cheyenne-eagle-war-feathers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/cheyenne-arapaho-mythology\/tale-cheyenne-eagle-war-feathers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheyenne Tale: Eagle War Feathers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/cheyenne-arapaho-mythology\/\" role=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCheyenne-Arapaho mythology<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpeople.us\/FP-Html-Legends\/EagleWarFeathers-Cheyenne.html\" role=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWiki<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/cheyenne-arapaho-mythology\/\">Cheyennes<\/a><\/strong> are a Native American nation of the Great Plains, close allies of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/cheyenne-arapaho-mythology\/\">Arapahos<\/a> and generally allies of the Lakotas (<a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythes-et-legendes-siouans-2127\/\">Sioux<\/a>). They are one of the most famous and important Plains tribes. Here is their tale: Eagle War Feathers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Eagle war feathers\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/cheyenne-arapaho-mythology\/tale-cheyenne-eagle-war-feathers\/#Eagle-War-Feathers\" >Eagle war feathers<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Eagle-War-Feathers\"><\/span>Eagle war feathers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A long, long time ago the Cheyenne warriors had not learned yet<br \/>\nhow to use eagle for their war ornaments. One of their men climbed<br \/>\na high mountain; there he lay for five days, crying, without food.<br \/>\nSome powerful being, he hoped, would see him and come to him, to<br \/>\nteach him something great for his people.<\/p>\n<p>He was glad when he heard a voice say, &quot;Try to be brave, no<br \/>\nmatter what comes, even if it might kill you. If you remember these<br \/>\nwords, you will bring great news to your people, and help them.&quot;<br \/>\nAfter a time he heard voices, and seven eagles came down, as if<br \/>\nto fly away with him.<\/p>\n<p>But he was brave, as he had been told, though he continued to cry<br \/>\nand keep his eyes closed. Now the great eagles surrounded him. One<br \/>\nsaid &quot;Look at me. I am powerful, and I have wonderfully strong<br \/>\nfeathers. I am greater than all other animals and birds in the world.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>This powerful eagle showed the man his wings and his tail, and<br \/>\nhe spread all his feathers as wide as possible. He showed him how<br \/>\nto make war head-dresses and ornaments out of eagle feathers.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Your people must use only eagle feathers, and it would be<br \/>\na great help to them in war and bring them victories,&quot; eagle said.<\/p>\n<p>Since no loose feathers were about, the seven eagles shook themselves,<br \/>\nand plenty of feathers fell to the ground. The Cheyenne picked them<br \/>\nup and gratefully took them home to his tribe.<\/p>\n<p>On that day, eagle feathers were seen for the first time by the<br \/>\nCheyenne and they knew where they came from. The man showed his<br \/>\npeople how to make war ornaments from the eagle feathers, as he<br \/>\nhad been told. From that day onward, the man became a great warrior<br \/>\nin his tribe, and their leader in war parties.<\/p>\n<p>He became so successful his people named him Chief Eagle Feather<br \/>\nand he wore his Eagle Feather War Bonnet, as he led the Cheyennes<br \/>\nwith dignity and pride.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheyenne-Arapaho Mythology Wiki The Cheyenne are a Native American nation of the Great Plains, close allies of the Arapaho and generally allies of the Lakota... <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3895,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22029","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22029"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22033,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22029\/revisions\/22033"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}