Utlunta
Utlunta Variations: Nûñ’yunu’ï (“Stone Dress”) In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Tennessee, United States, the Cherokee tribe tells of a vampiric creature they call U’tlûñ’tä…
Category: Cherokee Mythology
Dayunsi
Dayunsi (beaver’s grandchild) In North American Indian mythology (Cherokee), the little water beetle that helped form the earth. The earth was a great island floating…
Asgaya Gigagei
Asgaya Gigagei (red man) In North American Indian mythology (Cherokee), bisexual deity, either the Red Man or the Red Woman. Believed originally to have been…
Ani Hyuntikwalaski
ANI HYUNTIKWALASKIÂ – This story explains how man acquired fire through the actions of the Thunderers and the little Water Spider. The Thunderers, who inhabit…
Kananesky Amaiyehi
Kananesky Amaiyehi In North American Indian mythology (Cherokee), the water spider who brought back fire to the animals. In the beginning there was no fire,…