Myths of the Native American Cherokee Tribe
Myths are sacred to all Native American Tribes, and the two popular myths for the Cherokee
Indian tribe is The Creation Myth, which explains how the world was made, and the other myth
is The First Fire which is about how the fire was discovered. The Cherokees are a very large and
powerful American Indian tribe and has a lot of history background and interesting facts. They
use their cultural myths in their day to day lives in many different ways. The creation myth is
used more in their religion beliefs than the first fire is, but they both are similar with each other.
The Cherokee Indians have a personal and trusting relationship with the earth, animals, and
Plants to show that they love the earth and trust in it.
The creation myth is about how the world was made in the Cherokee Indians point of
view. This myth explains how the world was created and all the background information about it,
and how and why we have mountains and valleys. The Indians believe that “The earth was a
great island floating in a sea of water, suspended by a cord at each of the four cardinal points,
hanging down from the sky vault, which is solid rock”, (Cherokee Beliefs Creation Of Earth),
and they fear that once everybody dies on this earth the earth will go back underground like it
was before everyone was created. There was a arch floating on this island of water with a few
animals aboard, and on this arch was a little Water-beetle, who went on a journey to see what
was under the water, and what he discovered was some mud. The mud some how created a soft
surface so that the animals could then walk on, which became the earth which was flat and very
wet at first. All of the animals were very anxious to see if the ground was ready to walk on, so
each bird on the arch was sent on to check, but they could not find a place to land. Each time
something was discovered or complete they would send out a different
Indian tribe is The Creation Myth, which explains how the world was made, and the other myth
is The First Fire which is about how the fire was discovered. The Cherokees are a very large and
powerful American Indian tribe and has a lot of history background and interesting facts. They
use their cultural myths in their day to day lives in many different ways. The creation myth is
used more in their religion beliefs than the first fire is, but they both are similar with each other.
The Cherokee Indians have a personal and trusting relationship with the earth, animals, and
Plants to show that they love the earth and trust in it.
The creation myth is about how the world was made in the Cherokee Indians point of
view. This myth explains how the world was created and all the background information about it,
and how and why we have mountains and valleys. The Indians believe that “The earth was a
great island floating in a sea of water, suspended by a cord at each of the four cardinal points,
hanging down from the sky vault, which is solid rock”, (Cherokee Beliefs Creation Of Earth),
and they fear that once everybody dies on this earth the earth will go back underground like it
was before everyone was created. There was a arch floating on this island of water with a few
animals aboard, and on this arch was a little Water-beetle, who went on a journey to see what
was under the water, and what he discovered was some mud. The mud some how created a soft
surface so that the animals could then walk on, which became the earth which was flat and very
wet at first. All of the animals were very anxious to see if the ground was ready to walk on, so
each bird on the arch was sent on to check, but they could not find a place to land. Each time
something was discovered or complete they would send out a different
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