I am cherokee so I am very interested in reading some of their stories.
How the World Was Made: This story starts off very different then the creation story, but then ends with a lot of similarities to the creation story. It starts with a beetle breaking up the ocean ground and bringing the dirt to the surface, creating land. But the land was soft and not hard. There are lots of mountains in the cherokee land. Trees, animals and plant are very important to them.
The Journey to the Sunrise: This was an interesting story. It tells more about different tribes then finding the sun. One tribe they came across a man died and the wife was buried with her husband to die too, i though this was a very disturbing custom. They never were able to touch the sun, and they spent their whole lives trying to get there. But they did learn lot from all the different tribes.
Tobacco: I never really though about people in the past having a tobacco addiction, but this story is about this. A woman is even about to die because the tobacco is taken and she is having withdraws. Many animals tried to go get the plant, but they all failed. One small hummingbird wanted to try and everyone doubted him, but he was so quick and swift that he snuck by and got the tobacco. This is another lesson, to not underestimate people.
Strawberries: This as a sweet story. A lady leaves her husband and intends to not come back. But her husband follows her. Many fruits and berries are placed in front of the woman but she never stops to eat them. Then she sees ripe red strawberries, these were the first to ever be seen. She then stops to eat the strawberries and remembers her husband and decides to run back home and is met happily by him.
(The first strawberries found - Free stock photos)
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