Reading Notes: Myths of the Cherokee Part A

Reading Notes: Myths of the Cherokee Part A by James Mooney

(Diamondback Terrapin: Image by U.S. Department of Agriculture)

I had fun reading the majority of these stories. Many of them were about creation. I found How The World Was Made to be especially interesting. In contrast to other creation stories I have read, this one often notes that no one knows who created the first of many things. This was different for me, since the creation stories I am familiar with are more certain of who or what created something. Some of the other creation stories in the unit that followed this one did not express the uncertainty that was present here. I enjoyed those other stories as well. It was interesting to see some of the details about certain animals being explained by something that happened to them that was caused by other animals. For example, the rabbit has a stubby little tail because the bear pulled the rabbit's previous tail off in How the Rabbit Stole the Otter's Coat.  It was also very cool to see a story that is so similar to The Tortoise and the Hare, which happened to be How the Terrapin Beat the Rabbit. I feel like these stories might be connected somehow but I am not sure of the history behind them. I liked seeing the wits of the terrapin at play in this story. 

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