Anisga ya Tsunsdi - Cherokee
"Little Men"
Always represented as
beneficent wonder-makers of great power.
These two sons of Kanati
(first man), who are sometimes called "Thunder
Boys," live in
Usunhi-yi, above the sky vault. They must not be confused
with the
Yunwi Tsunsdi' or Little People, who are also "thunderers," but
who
live on the earth and cause the short, sharp claps of
thunder.
The "Little Men" have reproduced themselves by striking
lightening very near
a woman, giving birth to a human with the same
characteristics as the Little
People.
There is also the "Great
Thunderer," the thunder of the whirlwind, tornado
and hurricane, who
seems to be identical with Kanati, himself.
The favorite honey locust
tree, and the tree with thorns of the same
species, is the home of the
"Thunder-man", indicating to the Cherokee a
great hidden connection
between the pinnated leaves of the tree and
the
lightening.
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