Cherokee Mythology: Captivating Myths and Legends of a Native American Tribe

by Matt Clayton

Upon hearing that the Moon received such greetings from the people, Sun’s jealously grew stronger. Finally, she decided that the best way to solve the problem would be to kill all the people.

if the men had followed the instructions and kept the box shut, it would have been possible for us to visit the Ghost Country and bring our loved ones back to life. But because they opened the box too early, whenever someone dies, they are gone forever.

Eagle and Hawk worked together to make wings out of the hide and some canes they found. They tied it onto the first mouse’s little paws, which is how the first bat was made.

The second mouse agreed, and so four large birds each took one of the mouse’s paws in their beak and pulled and pulled until the second mouse was quite stretched out, and a good deal of soft, thin skin had been created on his sides. This is how the flying squirrel was made.