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Tonight, we'll read some of the folklore of the Cherokee people from the 1900 book, myths of the Cherokee people from the 1900 book,

Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney.

Mooney was an American ethnographer

who lived for several years with the Cherokee. He became a self-taught

expert on American tribes by his own studies and is careful observation during the long

residences with different groups. Let's get cozy. Close your eyes. Relax your body.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths.

How the world was made.

The Earth is a great island floating in a sea of water and suspended at each of the four cardinal points by a chord hanging down from the sky vault, which is of solid rock.

When the world grows old and worn out, the people will die, and the cords will break, and let the earth sink down into

the ocean.

And all will be water again. When all was water, the animals were above and Galunlati, beyond the

arch, but it was very much crowded crowded and they were wanting more room.

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