Category: Cherokee folklore

Beware the Hunter’s Moon

The sound of the hounds on the scent could be heard clearly across the mountains. He knew they were trailing the Ghost Bear. Every instinct he had told him so.

October 29, 2010 Cherokee folklore / North Carolina / Supernatural

The Brown Mountain Lights

In 1913, a U.S. Geological Survey scientist visited, reporting that the lights were the result of train headlights shining over the mountain.

May 29, 2007 Cherokee folklore / Cherokee Nation

The Legend of Uktena

In this legend, Aganunitsi searches distant gaps and peaks in the Smokies before he goes on to Duniskwalgunyi, the Gap of the Forked Antler.

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