Legend Of The Sun And Moon In Cherokee Beliefs

Jeramy Neugin - AncientPages.com - In Cherokee beliefs, the Sun and Moon, the ancient world, and the first man and woman were all created by a number of beneficent beings who came down for the purpose of an upper world.

After having performed their creation duties, they returned to their upper world, leaving the Sun and Moon as their deputies to finish and rule the world thus created.

Hence, when we offer a prayer to the creator, we mean CREATORS as in plural rather than the Sun and Moon or "great spirit".

The Sun and the Moon shared rank evenly and they received prayers separately from the creators, spirits, and Gods. Their sex and relations to each other would switch, depending on when it was needed or on their mood.

Sometimes the Sun is male and sometimes female. The same applies to the Moon.

While more feminine in nature, the Moon also changes from male or female. Sometimes they are lovers and sometimes they are perceived as brother and sister. It occasionally happens that the Sun and the Moon are also at odds with each other. They both work to protect and watch over the people, but the Sun, however, has turned against the people more than once.

The Cherokee believe that the Sun once spent time in human form, killing and hunting humans because he developed a taste for the flesh. During his daily travel across the sky, he'd appear to anyone that appealed to his appetite, killing them and taking them home to hang up, taking down the ones killed the day before to devour as he watched the moon.

The Moon eventually learned of what he was doing and was made to stop by the creators. Another time, it was in an attempt to bring about the Earth's destruction, resulting in the creation of Magic, Magicians, and the serpent God Uktena.

Written by – Jeramy Neugin  - AncientPages.com 

About the author: Jeramy Neugin and his father Bobby is a professional magic duo performing throughout Oklahoma.
Located in Historic Lost City Oklahoma, they are the only father and son professional magic act as well as being the only Cherokee performers, a rich heritage of Cherokee magicians going all the way back to their ancestor Rebbecca Neugin, the last surviving member of the Trail of Tears, who was known to dabble in magic and speak to helpful spirits known to the Cherokee as ‘the little people.
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