Motif
avoidance of a dangerous supernatural waterfall place
avoidance_of_a_dangerous_supernatural_waterfall_place
A motif of the Sacred Waters and Passage Through Water family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american southeast
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Myths of the Cherokee WAHNENAUHI VERSION / SECOND VERSION / SECOND VERSION / WAHNENAUHI VERSION; lines 20118-20209 confidence: high
The medicine men cannot hold council with the little people, hear their shrieks, regard them as enemies, and the Cherokee conclude the hunters were decoyed to death and avoid the falls.
After the conclusion that the hunters were decoyed to death, the Cherokee are said to have avoided Tallulah Falls and seldom hunted or fished nearby.
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