Reviews

Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney

mnboyer's review against another edition

5.0

I would like to say that, after all this time, there were more texts as in-depth as Mooney's: but these other texts are just not out there. It is a go to source for those interested in Cherokee studies, but of often overlooked because researchers (or some of them) suggest that Mooney only offers a white perspective. I would say read everything (and I mean even texts authored by Cherokee individuals) with a careful eye; but Mooney is packed with information that you cannot find elsewhere.

shiradest's review

3.0

There are several records of stories similar to the flood, Jonah and the whale, etc that are interestingly similar to biblical accounts, making me wonder if the Spaniards didn't get some missionary influence in before our recorded records. First contact was around 1540 by de Soto, but since they were around for nearly 50 years before that, I wonder if stories filtered in from Florida and the West prior to recorded contact? I love the story of how Nunyunuwi was killed by the mere site of 7 naked menstuating women -no Spanish influence there!! Well, the number 7 seems to me possibly a European influence, as it competes with the # 4 for importance, but 4 makes far more sense to me as an older and more primal number.

May 4th, 2011, which was
Meow Date: Thursday, May 2nd, 12011 H.E.