{"id":22076,"date":"2022-08-04T00:30:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T00:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=22076"},"modified":"2022-08-04T00:32:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T00:32:48","slug":"conte-cheyenne-veeho","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/cheyenne-arapaho-mythology\/tale-cheyenne-veeho\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheyenne Tale: Veeho"},"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\/SunTeachesVeehoALesson-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: Sun teaches Veeho a lesson.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Sun teaches Veeho a lesson\" 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-veeho\/#Sun-teaches-Veeho-a-lesson\" >Sun teaches Veeho a lesson<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sun-teaches-Veeho-a-lesson\"><\/span>Sun teaches Veeho a lesson<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Sun had beautiful, wonder-working leggings which could set the<br \/>\nprairie on fire and drive the game toward the hunter&rsquo;s bow. Veeho,<br \/>\nthe clever trickster, greatly admired them, and one day when he<br \/>\ncame to visit, he sneaked off with them when Sun was not looking.<\/p>\n<p>Chuckling, Veeho said to himself, &quot;Now I can work many miracles<br \/>\nand be the world&rsquo;s greatest hunter.<\/p>\n<p>Toward evening he was tired from running so fast and far. &quot;Sun<br \/>\ncan&rsquo;t catch up with me now,&quot; he decided. Rolling up the magic<br \/>\nleggings and placing them under his head for a pillow, he lay down<br \/>\nto sleep. He slept well, but in the morning he found himself back<br \/>\ninside Sun &lsquo;s tipi. Veeho is so stupid he didn&rsquo;t know that all the<br \/>\nworld is contained within Sun&rsquo;s lodge. But though he was surprised<br \/>\nto wake up there after having run so far and fast, he is hard to embarrass.<\/p>\n<p>Sun smiled and said: &quot;What are you doing with my leggings?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Veeho may be stupid, but he is never at a loss for an answer. he<br \/>\nsaid, &quot;I just put my head on them to sleep softly. I knew you<br \/>\nwouldn&rsquo;t mind.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I don&rsquo;t mind,&quot; said Sun. &quot;You can use them as a<br \/>\npillow if you want to.&quot; Sun knew very well that Veeho was lying,<br \/>\nas usual, and meant to steal the wonder-working leggings again.<br \/>\nBut he only said, &quot;Well, I must go walk my daily path.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Don&rsquo;t hurry back,&quot; said Veeho. &quot;I&rsquo;ll keep an eye<br \/>\non your lodge.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Once he could no longer see Sun, Veeho ran off with the leggings<br \/>\nagain, this time twice as fast and twice as far. Again he went to<br \/>\nsleep and again woke to find himself back inside Sun&rsquo;s tipi.<\/p>\n<p>Sun laughed and told Veeho, &quot;If you&rsquo;re that fond of my leggings,<br \/>\nyou can keep them. Let&rsquo;s pretend that I&rsquo;m holding a giveaway feast<br \/>\nand that you got these as a present.<\/p>\n<p>Veeho was overjoyed. &quot;I never meant to steal these beautiful<br \/>\nleggings, friend Sun. You know me&#8211;I&rsquo;m always up to some trick;<br \/>\nI was only fooling. But now that you&rsquo;ve given them to me of your<br \/>\nown free will, I gladly accept.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Veeho could hardly wait to get away from Sun&rsquo;s lodge and put on<br \/>\nthe leggings. Wearing them, he ran over the prairie and ignited<br \/>\nthe grass to drive the buffalo toward him. But Veeho did not have<br \/>\nSun&rsquo;s power, he couldn&rsquo;t handle such a big fire. and it scorched<br \/>\nhis soles and blistered his feet. &quot;Friend Sun, come and help<br \/>\nme!&quot; he cried. &quot;Help your poor friend! Where are you Sun?<br \/>\nCome put the fire out!&quot;<\/p>\n<p>But Sun pretended not to hear, and soon Veeho&rsquo;s leggings were on<br \/>\nfire. Crying from pain, he plunged into the nearest stream. By then<br \/>\nit was too late; the leggings were ruined and Veeho&rsquo;s legs blistered.<\/p>\n<p>When Veeho begged the Sun to make him a new pair of leggings, Sun<br \/>\nsaid, &quot;Even I can&rsquo;t make magic leggings but once. I&rsquo;m sorry<br \/>\nfriend. Be more careful in the future.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Sun could easily have made another pair, of course, but then Veeho<br \/>\nwouldn&rsquo;t have learned a lesson.<\/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-22076","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22076","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=22076"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22083,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22076\/revisions\/22083"}],"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=22076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}