{"id":22105,"date":"2022-08-04T00:48:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T00:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=22105"},"modified":"2022-08-04T00:50:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T00:50:40","slug":"conte-cheyenne-the-rolling-head","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/cheyenne-arapaho-mythology\/tale-cheyenne-the-rolling-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheyenne Tale: The Rolling Head"},"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\/TheRollingHead-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 text: The Rolling Head.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"The Rolling Head\" 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-the-rolling-head\/#The-Rolling-Head\" >The Rolling Head<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The-Rolling-Head\"><\/span>The Rolling Head<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In a solitary tent lived a lone family,&#8211;a man, his wife, and two<br \/>\nchildren. When the man went out hunting, he always painted his wife&rsquo;s<br \/>\nface and body before he started in the morning. His wife went for<br \/>\nwater to a lake near by.<\/p>\n<p>She always went to the same place; and when she came to the lake,<br \/>\nshe took off her clothes, as if to bathe. Then a large snake rose<br \/>\nout of the lake, after the woman had spoken to it and told it to<br \/>\nappear. The snake asked her to come out to him, since her husband<br \/>\nhad gone away hunting. The woman did as the snake said. Every morning<br \/>\nshe went to the lake.<\/p>\n<p>Her husband brought back meat, and she and the children were glad.<br \/>\nThe man did not know what happened. He did not know that his wife<br \/>\nwent after water to the lake and met a large snake. But one day<br \/>\nhe asked her what made the paint come off her. She said that she<br \/>\ntook a bath. Next morning he started as if to hunt; but dug a hiding-place<br \/>\nnear the lake to see what his wife did. She came to the shore and<br \/>\ncalled to the snake: &quot;Come, I am waiting.&quot; Then he saw<br \/>\na big old snake rise from the water, and ask her if her husband<br \/>\nhad gone hunting. She answered: &quot;Yes, I am coming.&quot; She<br \/>\ntook off her clothes and entered the lake, and the snake was soon<br \/>\naround her.<\/p>\n<p>The man had watched them, and now, leaving. his hiding-place, he<br \/>\njumped on the snake, and with a large knife cut it in pieces and<br \/>\nat last killed it. Then he caught his wife and killed her. He cut<br \/>\nher up, and took her meat home and gave it to his children. He cooked<br \/>\nhis wife, and the children unknowingly ate their mother.<\/p>\n<p>Then the man said to them: &quot;Tell your mother when she comes<br \/>\nhome that I went to get more meat which I left hanging on a tree<br \/>\nso that the wolves cannot reach it.&quot; And he went away. The<br \/>\nyounger child said: &quot;Our mother is merely teasing us by staying<br \/>\naway.&quot; But the older girl answered: &quot;Do not say anything<br \/>\nagainst our mother.&quot; Then their mother&rsquo;s head came rolling<br \/>\nto them; and it said: &quot;I am very sorry that my children have<br \/>\neaten me up.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The two children ran away, but the head pursued them. At last they<br \/>\nwere worn out, but their mother&rsquo;s lead still rolled after them.<br \/>\nThen the older girl drew a line or mark on the ground and so deep<br \/>\na hole opened that the head could not cross. The younger girl was<br \/>\nvery hungry. She said to her sister: &quot;Look at that deer.&quot;<br \/>\nThe older girl looked at the deer, and it fell down dead as if shot.<br \/>\nSo they ate of it. Then some one was kind to them and helped them,<br \/>\nand they lived in a large lodge and had much food of various kinds<br \/>\nto eat. Two large panthers and two large black bears guarded them<br \/>\nagainst all wild animals and persons.<\/p>\n<p>A camp of people was starving. Neither buffalo nor smaller game<br \/>\ncould be found. The people heard that the children had abundance<br \/>\nof food of all kinds, and they all moved to them. When they arrived<br \/>\nthe children invited them, and the various companies came and ate<br \/>\nwith them. Finally they all went out again; only the children&rsquo;s<br \/>\nfather now stayed with them again. But they regretted what he had<br \/>\ndone to them. So they caused the lions to jump upon their father,<br \/>\nand he was killed.<\/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-22105","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22105","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=22105"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22109,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22105\/revisions\/22109"}],"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=22105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}