a Blacksnake

Role: snake · First appears: Myth 39 · How the Kingfisher Got His Bill

Life events

• A Blacksnake swallowed the young birds in Yellowhammer's nest and slept there.(Myth 39 · How the Kingfisher Got His Bill)
  • With: Yellowhammer
  • “A Blacksnake found a Yellowhammer's nest in a hollow tree, and after swallowing the young birds, coiled up to sleep in the nest, where the mother bird found him when she came home.”
• The Kingfisher pierced a Blacksnake's head and pulled him out dead.(Myth 39 · How the Kingfisher Got His Bill)
  • With: the Kingfisher
  • “He came, and after flying back and forth past the hole a few times, made one dart at the snake and pulled him out dead.”

Myth 39 · How the Kingfisher Got His Bill

• enemies with the Kingfisher “He came, and after flying back and forth past the hole a few times, made one dart at the snake and pulled him out dead.”

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Extracted from the original text of Myths of the Cherokee. Made with Rho MD.