Cherokee Myths and Legends

Terry L. Norton is professor emeritus of education at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, where he taught courses in literacy education and children’s and adolescent literature. He lives in Rock Hill.

• Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Considerations in Adapting Native American Traditional LiteratureGuide to the Pronunciation of Cherokee WordsOriginsThe Three WorldsFireCorn and GameDisease and MedicineThe Bear and the Bear SongsTobaccoThe Pleiades and the Pine ConeKilling the Great MonstersThe Great Yellow Jacket UlaguThe Leech PlaceThe Uktena and the Shawano ConjurorThe Red Man and the UktenaUstu-tli, the Great Snake of the Cohutta MountainsThe Great HawksThe Hunter in the DakwaSupernatural and Animal Adversaries and HelpersSpear-Finger, the Nantahala OgressThe Stone Man of the MountainsThe Raven MockersThe Immortals and the Water CannibalsThe Man Who Traveled to the World BelowJudaculla, the ­Slant-Eyed Giant of Tanasee BaldLegends of Pilot KnobYahulaThe Unseen HelpersLegends from History by or About the CherokeeThe Lost CherokeeGa’na and the CherokeeThe Mohawk WarriorsThe False WarriorsJocasseeSome Heroic Acts in Wars with WhitesCateechee of Keowee: A Ballad of the Carolina BackcountrySources Used in the RetellingsNotesBibliographyIndex

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