James Mooney spent years living among the Cherokee people of the southern Appalachians and his Myths of the Cherokee — first published as part of the Bureau of American Ethnology’s Nineteenth Annual Report — is one of the most thorough and sympathetic records of Indigenous American oral tradition ever assembled. The collection covers creation myths, animal legends, hero tales, and sacred narratives in remarkable depth.
An invaluable document of Cherokee culture recorded at a time of profound upheaval, this is essential reading in Native American studies and mythology. This free EPUB is cleanly formatted for any device.