The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees

by James Reed Mooney

Overview

The sacred formulas here given are selected from a collection of about six hundred, obtained on the Cherokee reservation in North Carolina in 1887 and 1888, and covering every subject pertaining to the daily life and thought of the Indian, including medicine, love, hunting, fishing, war, self-protection, destruction of enemies, witchcraft, the crops, the council, the ball play, etc., and, in fact, embodying almost the whole of the ancient religion of the Cherokees.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162783732
Publisher:	Walrus Books Publisher
Publication date:	07/13/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	561 KB

About the Author

James Mooney (February 10, 1861 – December 22, 1921) was an American ethnographer who lived for several years among the Cherokee.