Reading Notes: Myths of the Cherokee (Part B)

2. The Ball Game of the Birds and Animals

• Synopsis:
• The animals (mammals) challenged the birds to a ball game
• Soccer/Handball?
• The animals bragged a lot
• Bear (Captain, Strength)
• Turtle (Physical Resolve)
• Deer (Speed)
• Two smaller animals were rejected from the team, so they went to the birds
• The Eagle (Captain) accepted them
• They were given wings
• Bat
• Flying squirrel
• The two new animals won the game for the birds
• Possibilities:
• Write about the game as if it were a sportscast

Source: WikiMedia Commons

11. Snake Boy and Snake Man

• Synopsis:
• Two Stories
• Snake Boy
• Boy brings hunted birds to grandma
• Rest of family gets jealous
• Boy turns himself into snake
• Snake Man
• A hunter isn't supposed to eat squirrel
• Reasoning unclear
• Hunter eats Squirrel
• Hunter turns into snake because he ate squirrel
• Possibilities:
•   Relate this to the rest of the snake stories

Story Source: Myths of the Cherokee