{"id":22034,"date":"2022-08-04T00:10:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T00:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=22034"},"modified":"2022-08-04T00:14:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T00:14:45","slug":"conte-cheyenne-falling-star","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/cheyenne-arapaho-mythology\/tale-cheyenne-falling-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheyenne Tale: Falling Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"22034\" class=\"elementor elementor-22034\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dbc43f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dbc43f9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ee809f\" data-id=\"7ee809f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2991540 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2991540\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/cheyenne-arapaho-mythology\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Cheyenne-Arapaho mythology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c82862d\" data-id=\"c82862d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c51781 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3c51781\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpeople.us\/FP-Html-Legends\/FallingStar-Cheyenne.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Wiki<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b7bc18 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b7bc18\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-101725d\" data-id=\"101725d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd64b18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd64b18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<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: Falling Star.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9347 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Falling Star\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" title=\"\"><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c67167 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c67167\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4d9d62\" data-id=\"e4d9d62\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc5e44a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc5e44a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 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-falling-star\/#Falling-Star\" >Falling Star<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Falling-Star\"><\/span>Falling Star<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-80e7fcf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"80e7fcf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e15613\" data-id=\"2e15613\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd6c88e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd6c88e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One day in the long ago, two young girls were lying on the grass<br \/>outside their teepee on a warm summer evening. They were looking up<br \/>into the sky, describing star-pictures formed by their imaginations.<\/p><p>\u201cThat is a pretty star. I like that one,\u201d said First Girl.<\/p><p>&quot;I like that one best of all\u2013over there,&quot; Second Girl pointed out.<\/p><p>First Girl pointed to the brightest star in the sky and said, \u201cI<br \/>like the brightest one best of all. That is the one I want to marry. \u00bb<\/p><p>That evening they agreed to go out the next day to gather wood.<\/p><p>Next morning they started for the timbered area. On their way they<br \/>saw a porcupine climb a tree.<\/p><p>&quot;I&#039;ll climb the tree and pull him down,&quot; said First Girl.<br \/>She climbed but could not reach the porcupine.<\/p><p>Every time she stretched her hand for him, the porcupine climbed<br \/>a little higher. Then the tree started growing taller.<\/p><p>Second Girl below called to her friend, \u201cPlease come down,<br \/>the tree is growing taller! \u00bb<\/p><p>\u201cNo,\u201d said First Girl as the porcupine climbed higher<br \/>and the tree grew taller.<\/p><p>Second Girl could see what was happening, so she ran back to the<br \/>camp and told her people. They rushed to the tree, but First Girl<br \/>had completely disappeared!<\/p><p>The tree continued to grow higher and higher. Finally, First Girl<br \/>reached another land. She stepped off the tree branch and walked<br \/>upon the sky!<\/p><p>Before long she met a kindly looking middle-aged man who spoke<br \/>to her. First Girl began to cry.<\/p><p>\u201cWhatever is the matter? Only last night I heard you wish<br \/>that you could marry me. I am the Brightest-Star,\u201d he said.<\/p><p>First Girl was pleased to meet Brightest-Star and became happy<br \/>again when she got her wish and married him. He told her that she<br \/>could dig roots with the other star-women, but to beware of a certain<br \/>kind of white turnip with a great green top. This kind she must<br \/>never dig. To do so was \u201cagainst the medicine\u201d\u2013against<br \/>the rules of the Sky Chief.<\/p><p>Everyday First Girl dug roots. Her curiosity about the strange<br \/>white turnip became so intense that she decided to dig up one of<br \/>them. It took her a long, long time.<\/p><p>When she finally pulled out the root, a huge hole was left. She<br \/>looked into the hole and far, far below she saw the camp of her own people.<\/p><p>Everything and everyone was very small, but she could see lodges<br \/>and people walking. Instantly she became homesick to see her own<br \/>people again. How could she ever get down from the sky?<\/p><p>She realized it was a long, long way down to earth. Then her eyes<br \/>fell upon the long tough grass growing near her. Could she braid<br \/>it into a long rope? She decided to try, every day pulling more<br \/>long grass and braiding more rope.<\/p><p>One time her husband Brightest-Star asked, \u201cWhat is it that<br \/>keeps you outdoors so much of the time? \u00bb<\/p><p>\u201cI walk a great distance and that makes me tired. I need to<br \/>sit down and rest before I can start back home. \u00bb<\/p><p>At last she finished making her strong rope, thinking by now it<br \/>must be long enough. She tied one end of the rope to a log that<br \/>she rolled across the top of the hole as an anchor. she lets down<br \/>the rope. It looked as though it touched the ground.<\/p><p>She lowered herself into the hole, holding onto the braided rope.<br \/>It seemed to take a long time as she slowly lowered herself until<br \/>she came to the end of the rope. But it did not touch the Earth!<\/p><p>For a long while she hung on dangling in midair and calling uselessly<br \/>for help. When she could hold on no longer, she fell to the ground<br \/>and broke into many pieces.<\/p><p>Although she died, her unborn son did not die, because he was made<br \/>of starstone and did not break.<\/p><p>A meadowlark saw what happened and took the falling-star baby to<br \/>her nest. There the lark kept him with his own baby birds.<\/p><p>When they were older, Falling-Star crept out of the nest with the<br \/>little birds. The stronger the birds grew, the stronger grew Falling-Star.<br \/>Soon all of them could crawl and run. The young birds practiced<br \/>their flying while Falling-Star ran after them.<\/p><p>Then the young birds could fly anywhere they wished, while Falling Star<br \/>ran faster and faster to keep up with them.<\/p><p>\u201cSon, you had better go home to your own people,\u201d said<br \/>Mother Meadowlark. \u201cIt is time for us to fly south for the<br \/>winter. Before long, the weather here will be very cold. \u00bb<\/p><p>\u201cMother Meadowlark,\u201d asked Falling Star. \u201cWhy do<br \/>you want me to leave you? want to go with you. &quot;No, Sound,&quot;<br \/>she replied. \u201cYou must go home now. \u201cI will go if<br \/>Father Meadowlark will make me a bow and some arrows. \u00bb<\/p><p>Father Meadowlark made a bow and pulled some of his own quills<br \/>to feather the arrows. He made four arrows and a bow for Falling-Star.<br \/>Then he started Falling Star in the right direction toward his home, downstream.<\/p><p>Falling Star traveled a long time before he reached the camp of<br \/>his people. He went into the nearest lodge owned by an old grandmother.<br \/>\u201cGrandmother,\u201d he said. \u201cI need a drink of water. \u00bb<\/p><p>\u201cMy grandson,\u201d she said to him, \u201conly the young<br \/>men who are the fastest runners can go for water. There is a water monster<br \/>who sucks up any people who go too close to it. \u00bb<\/p><p>\u201cGrandmother, if you will give me your buffalo-pouch and your<br \/>buffalo-horn ladle, I will bring you water. \u00bb<\/p><p>\u201cGrandson, I warn you that many of our finest young men have<br \/>been destroyed by the water-monster. I fear that you will be killed too. \u00bb<\/p><p>But she gave him the things he asked for. He went upstream and<br \/>dipped water, at the same time keeping watch for the monster.<\/p><p>At the very moment Falling-Star filled his bucket, the Watermonster<br \/>raised its head above the water. His mouth was enormous. He sucked<br \/>in his breath and drew in Falling Star, the bucket, water, and the ladle.<\/p><p>When Falling Star found himself inside the monster&#039;s stomach, he<br \/>saw all the other people who had ever been swallowed. With his Star-stone,<br \/>he cut a hole in the animal&#039;s side. Out crawled all the people,<br \/>and Falling-Star rescued his pouch and ladle for his grandmother,<br \/>taking her some cool, fresh water.<\/p><p>\u201cMy grandson, who are you? she asked, marveling at his survival.<\/p><p>\u201cGrandmother, I am Falling Star. I killed the monster who<br \/>has caused our people much suffering, and I rescued all the people<br \/>who had been swallowed. \u00bb<\/p><p>The old woman told the village crier to spread the good news that<br \/>the monster was dead. Now that Falling Star had saved the camp people<br \/>there, he asked the grandmother, \u201cAre there other camps of<br \/>our people nearby? \u00bb<\/p><p>\u201cYes, there is one farther downstream,\u201d she said.<\/p><p>Falling-Star took his bow and arrows and left camp. The fall of<br \/>the year had now arrived.<\/p><p>After traveling many days, he reached the other camp. Again he<br \/>went into an old woman&#039;s lodge where she sat near her fire. &quot; Grandmother,<br \/>I am very hungry,\u201d he said.<\/p><p>\u201cMy son, my son, we have no food. We cannot get any buffalo<br \/>meat. Whenever our hunters go out for buffalo, a great white crow<br \/>warns the buffalo, which drives them away.<\/p><p>\u201cHow sad,\u201d he said. \u201cI will try to help. go out<br \/>and look for a worn-out buffalo robe with little hair. Tell your<br \/>chief to choose two of his fastest runners and send them to me. \u00bb<\/p><p>Later, the old woman returned with the robe and the two swift runners.<br \/>Falling Star told them his plan.<\/p><p>\u201cI will go to a certain place and wait for the buffalo. When<br \/>the herd runs, I will follow, disguised as a buffalo in the worn-out<br \/>dress. You two runners chase me and the buffalo for a long distance.<br \/>When you overtake me, you must shoot at me. I will pretend to be<br \/>dead. You pretend to cut me open and leave me there on the ground. \u00bb<\/p><p>When the real buffalo arrived, the white crow flew over them screaming,<br \/>\u201cThey are coming! They are after you! Run, run! \u00bb<\/p><p>The buffalo herd ran, followed by a shabby-looking bull. The two<br \/>swift runners chased the old bull according to plan. All kinds of<br \/>birds, wolves, and coyotes came toward the carcass from all directions.<br \/>Among them was the white crow. As he flew over Falling Star in disguise,<br \/>he called out shrilly, &quot;I wonder if this is Falling-Star?&quot; \u00bb<\/p><p>Time after time the crow flew over the carcass, still calling,<br \/>\u201cI wonder if this is Falling Star? \u00bb<\/p><p>He came closer and closer with each pass. When he was close enough,<br \/>Falling Star sprang and grabbed the legs of the white crow. All<br \/>of the other birds and animals scattered in every direction.<\/p><p>When Falling Star brought the captive white crow home to the grandmother,<br \/>she feels word for the chief.<\/p><p>\u201cI will take the white crow to my lodge. I will tie him to<br \/>the smoke hole and smoke him dead,\u201d said the chief.<\/p><p>From that moment on, the good Cheyennes were able to kill many<br \/>buffalo and they had plenty of buffalo meat for all their needs.<\/p><p>The people in gratitude gave Falling Star a lovely lodge-home and<br \/>a pretty Indian maiden waiting there to become his wife. They remained<br \/>all of their lives with the Northern Cheyenne Indian tribe.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","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-22034","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22034","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=22034"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22041,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22034\/revisions\/22041"}],"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=22034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}