Reading Diary A: Cherokee Myths

I read Myths of the Cherokee. The first half of this unit holds a lot of interesting stories. The myths include stories about their version of the world's creation and some stories have animals that can talk while other stories are about things that are sacred to them. My favorite story was How They Brought Back Tobacco. In the story there is only one tobacco plant in the beginning of the world and everyone uses it until geese take it away. When a women is about to die because she doesn't have tobacco, different animals try and fail to retrieve the tobacco plant. Then a hummingbird successfully steals the plant and saves the woman! It was really interesting and fun read.

Tobacco Plant.

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