Book

Eastern Cherokee folktales: reconstructed from the field notes of Frans M. Olbrechts

U.S. Government Printing Office (80) • Published In 1966 • Pages: 379-447

By: Kilpatrick, Jack Frederick, Kilpatrick, Anna Gritts.

Abstract
This document is a collection of North Carolina Cherokee folktales, myths and legends as told to Olbrechts in January-February 1927 and which have been recompiled by the two Kilpatricks. The stories mainly relate animal myths and wonder stories involving superhuman beings. They focus mostly on hunting although many stories proceed from the context of the dance hall and thus are concerned with securing a mate. Contained within the stories are concepts of the afterlife, notions of illness, death and magic which surround ordinary living. It is sometimes noted by the secondary analysts that more complete elaborations of the stories have been collected elsewhere either among the Cherokee or from other Indian groups. However, the Fleakiller Cycle (pp. 411-414) and the legends of the Ani:gh(i)sgi War (pp. 430-35) have not been published before. Little attempt is made to reveal what connections the Cherokee made (or make) between these tales and significant aspects of their lives.
Subjects
Place names
Comparative evidence
Literary texts
culture
Cherokee
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
North America
Sub Region
Eastern Woodlands
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Types
Ethnologist
Indigenous Person
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
Analyst
Delores Walters ; John Beierle ; 1987
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
1775-1927
Coverage Place
Big Cove, Qualla Indian Reservation, North Carolina, United States
Notes
By Jack Frederick Kilpatrick and Anna Gritts Kilpatrick
Includes bibliographical references
LCSH
Cherokee Indians