The mighty High Priest Imhotep of Atlantis was ruler of the tribe that took its wisdom to the west to form the Native American culture. The Cherokees were Wise Ones who carried the secrets of Atlantis. They brought their knowledge of shamanism and soul retrieval to the peoples, as well as their special abilities to work with dreams using dream catchers.
According to ancient Cherokee tradition, their ancestors came from the Pleiades to the five islands of Atlantis, where they settled. Then, at the fall of Atlantis, the tribe sailed to the Americas taking their wisdom with them.
The Cherokees were Wise Ones who carried the secrets of Atlantis.
According to ancient Cherokee tradition, their ancestors came from the Pleiades to the five islands of Atlantis, where they settled.
The Cherokee people, known to themselves as the Aniyunwiya or Principal People, are an Iroquoian indigenous nation with historical territories in the southeastern United States, particularly the Appalachian highlands and Great Smoky Mountains.
These survivors established the seven Cherokee clans.
Separate records collected by ethnographer James Mooney state that Cherokee ancestors originated in a land toward the rising sun near the seacoast.
The Walam Olum records Cherokee construction of mounds in the Ohio Hopewell Culture Area.
More than a century ago James Mooney recorded that Cherokees built mounds near Moundsville on the Ohio and claimed the Upper Ohio mounds.
Cherokees eventually settled in the Great Smoky Mountains.
From their emigration out of Atlantis approximately 12,000 years ago until European contact in 1540 CE, Cherokee ancestors traveled thousands of miles.
The Cherokee share kinship with the Iroquois, also called Haudenosaunee, whom the readings identify as pure Atlantean descendants (1219-1).
Proto-Iroquoians and Proto-Cherokees disagreed, leading the tribes to separate.
The Iroquois moved north while the Cherokees went south.
The Cherokee hold equal status with the Iroquois as descendants of the Atlanteans.
The mighty High Priest Imhotep of Atlantis was ruler of the tribe that took its wisdom to the west to form the Native American culture. The Cherokees were Wise Ones who carried the secrets of Atlantis. They brought their knowledge of shamanism and soul retrieval to the peoples, as well as their special abilities to work with dreams using dream catchers.
According to ancient Cherokee tradition, their ancestors came from the Pleiades to the five islands of Atlantis, where they settled. Then, at the fall of Atlantis, the tribe sailed to the Americas taking their wisdom with them.
Cherokee tradition includes the story “Origin of the Pleiades and the Pine,” in which seven boys rise into the sky and become the star cluster (called Ani’tsutsä).
A separate modern telling claims Cherokee origins in the Pleiades through a figure named Star Woman, but this version does not appear in classical ethnographic sources and reflects later reinterpretation.
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Ywahoo, a twenty-seventh-generation Cherokee who shares the ancestral wisdom she received from her grandparents and great-grandparents, we learn that long ago people from the stars known as the seven dancers, or the Pleiades, reached the five islands of Atlantis and happily settled there.
Narratives from the Cherokee and Lakota Nations describe assistance from visitors originating in the Pleiades.
The principal people understood very well which way the wind blew with her; but among the people there arose disputes, and as most of the people came from here, they would not give the honour to Teuntje.
Cherokee (Great Lakes area; eastern Tennessee):Day after day, a dog stood at the river bank and howled piteously.
The video explores connections between Celtic and Cherokee folklore, particularly the Cherokee legend of the Nunnehi, supernatural beings believed to inhabit the Appalachian Mountains.
The discussion considers the blending of Scottish and Irish immigrant beliefs with Indigenous Cherokee traditions and how these shared cultural elements may have influenced Appalachian folklore.
The Cherokee recognize a race of immortal spirit beings called the Nunnehi, translated as "the people who live anywhere" or "the people who live forever." These supernatural beings are distinct from ghosts or gods.
Similar to the Celtic Tuatha Dé Danann, the Nunnehi interact with humans, though they often remain invisible or appear as other Cherokee people.
In one story, four Nunnehi women joined a Cherokee village dance in Notley, only to vanish as they walked down a trail toward the Conley River, revealing their true nature to those who followed them.
The Nunnehi are friendly toward the Cherokee and often help people who become lost, offering shelter in their underground homes until the lost individual chooses to leave or stay permanently.
One story recounts a Cherokee man, Yahola, who was lost while hunting and found by the Nunnehi.
The Nunnehi are known to protect and warn the Cherokee of impending danger.
One account describes the Nunnehi advising a Cherokee village to prepare for an impending catastrophe.
On the seventh day, they led the Cherokee into the forest, where a stone rolled away, revealing a refuge.
Another legend recounts the Nunnehi aiding the Cherokee in battle.
When a Cherokee village was attacked, a stranger advised the village chief to retreat.
Many Cherokee descendants, both in the Appalachian region and those displaced to Oklahoma, maintain stories of the Nunnehi.
The principal people understood very well which way the wind blew with her; but among the people there arose disputes, and as most of the people came from here, they would not give the honour to Teuntje.
Different tribes have connections to various constellations, such as the Cherokee with the Pleiades and the Hopi with Orion.
Estimate: About 4,000 of the 16,000 relocated Cherokee died during the Trail of Tears.
The Cherokee refer to them as "Ani'tsutsa," the Daughters of the Sun, while the Lakota Sioux have stories linking the star cluster to creation myths and the spirit world.
In some Cherokee tales, the bat is portrayed as having both positive and negative aspects.