Myths of the Cherokee

the woman (Myth 12)

Role: wife · First appears: Myth 12 · Origin of Strawberries

Life events

  • The woman left her husband and started toward Nûñdâgûñ'yi.(Myth 12 · Origin of Strawberries)
    • With: the first man (Myth 12)
    • “until at last the woman left her husband and started off toward Nûñdâgûñ'yi, the Sun land, in the east.”
  • The woman saw a patch of large ripe strawberries, the first ever known, and stooped to gather them.(Myth 12 · Origin of Strawberries)
    • “she still went on until suddenly she saw in front a patch of large ripe strawberries, the first ever known.”
  • The woman returned to the first man, and they went home together.(Myth 12 · Origin of Strawberries)
    • With: the first man (Myth 12)
    • “at last she gathered a bunch of the finest berries and started back along the path to give them to him. He met her kindly and they went home together.”

Myth 12 · Origin of Strawberries

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