Nûñ'yunu'wi

Also known as: Dressed in Stone · Role: cannibal monster · First appears: Myth 67 · Nûñ'yunu'wi, the Stone Man

In Myth 67, the hunter reported an old man to the medicine-man, who identified him as Nûñ'yunu'wi, “Dressed in Stone,” a cannibal monster. Soon after encountering the women, Nûñ'yunu'wi vomited blood, weakened, and fell on the trail.

When night came, the medicine-man pinned him to the ground with seven sourwood stakes, and the people piled logs over him and set them alight. As the fire approached, Nûñ'yunu'wi revealed medicines for sickness and sang hunting songs; his voice then fell silent. When daylight came, his body was gone, leaving red paint and a magic stone.

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The hunter reported the old man, and the medicine-man identified him as Nûñ'yunu'wi, a cannibal monster.(Myth 67 · Nûñ'yunu'wi, the Stone Man)
- With: the hunter the medicine-man (Myth 67)
- “When he got there and told his story the medicine-man said the old man was a wicked cannibal monster called Nûñ'yunu'wi, ‘Dressed in Stone,’”
After encountering the women, Nûñ'yunu'wi vomited blood, weakened, and fell on the trail.(Myth 67 · Nûñ'yunu'wi, the Stone Man)
- “the blood poured from his mouth and he fell down on the trail.”
The medicine-man pinned Nûñ'yunu'wi to the ground with stakes, and the people burned him beneath logs.(Myth 67 · Nûñ'yunu'wi, the Stone Man)
- With: the medicine-man (Myth 67)
- “Then the medicine-man drove seven sourwood stakes through his body and pinned him to the ground, and when night came they piled great logs over him and set fire to them”
Nûñ'yunu'wi revealed medicines for sickness and sang hunting songs before his voice fell silent.(Myth 67 · Nûñ'yunu'wi, the Stone Man)
- “Nûñ'yunu'wi was a great ada'wehi and knew many secrets, and now as the fire came close to him he began to talk, and told them the medicine for all kinds of sickness.”
After the fire, Nûñ'yunu'wi's body was gone, leaving red paint and a magic stone.(Myth 67 · Nûñ'yunu'wi, the Stone Man)
- With: the medicine-man (Myth 67)
- “Then the medicine-man told them to rake off the ashes, and where the body had lain they found only a large lump of red wâ'di paint and a magic u'lûñsû'ti stone.”

Myth 67 · Nûñ'yunu'wi, the Stone Man

enemies with the medicine-man (Myth 67) “Then the medicine-man drove seven sourwood stakes through his body and pinned him to the ground, and when night came they piled great logs over him and set fire to them, and all the people gathered around to see.”

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