Cherokee Stories

 

 

WHAT THE STARS ARE LIKE

ORIGIN OF THE PLEIADES AND THE PINE

THE MILKY WAY

THE ORIGIN OF STRAWBERRIES

WHY THE POSSUM'S TAIL IS BARE

HOW THE DEER GOT HIS HORNS

WHY THE MOLE LIVES UNDERGROUND

THE TERRAPIN'S ESCAPE FROM THE WOLVES

THE RABBIT GOES DUCK HUNTING

HOW THE TERRAPIN BEAT THE RABBIT

THE RABBIT AND THE POSSUM AFTER A WIFE

 

 
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  From "James Mooney's History, Myths  and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees"
Published by Bright Mountain Books, Inc.