the Little Men

Role: Anisga'ya Tsunsdi', the two sons of Kana'ti and Selu · First appears: Myth 3 · Kana'ti and Selu: The Origin of Game and Corn · Part 3

In Myth 3, the two boys stayed seven days with their parents, Kana'ti and Selu, then went toward the Darkening land and became known as the Little Men. In Myth 5, they changed two men into the Spreading-adder and the Copperhead and sent them to bite the Sun, but the attempt failed. They next transformed two men into Uktena and the Rattlesnake and sent them to kill her; when the people sought their advice, the Little Men said they must bring back the daughter of the Sun from the Ghost country.

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Life events

• The Little Men transformed two men into snakes and sent them to bite the Sun, but they failed.(Myth 5 · The Daughter of the Sun · 📍 the daughter of the Sun)
  • With: the Spreading-adder the Copperhead
  • “The Little Men made medicine and changed two men to snakes, the Spreading-adder and the Copperhead, and sent them to watch near the door of the daughter of the Sun to bite the old Sun when she came next day.”
• The Little Men transformed two men into the Uktena and the Rattlesnake and sent them to kill the Sun.(Myth 5 · The Daughter of the Sun · 📍 the house)
  • With: Uktena the Rattlesnake
  • “The Little Men made medicine again and changed one man into the great Uktena and another into the Rattlesnake and sent them to watch near the house and kill the old Sun when she came for dinner.”
• The Little Men told the people that if they wanted the Sun to come out again they must bring back her daughter from Tsûsginâ'i, the Ghost country.(Myth 5 · The Daughter of the Sun)
  • With: the daughter of the Sun
  • “They went again to the Little Men, and these told them that if they wanted the Sun to come out again they must bring back her daughter from Tsûsginâ'i, the Ghost country, in Usûñhi'yi, the Darkening land in the west.”

Myth 3 · Kana'ti and Selu: The Origin of Game and Corn · Part 3

• parent: Kana'ti “The boys stayed with their parents seven days and then went on toward the Darkening land, where they are now. We call them Anisga'ya Tsunsdi' (The Little Men)”
• parent: Selu “The boys stayed with their parents seven days and then went on toward the Darkening land, where they are now. We call them Anisga'ya Tsunsdi' (The Little Men)”

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