One of the many legends of the Medicine Wheel
The legend says that to the north on the medicine wheel is found
wisdom. The color for wisdom is white and the medicine animal is
the buffalo. The south is represented by the mouse, the color is
green. The south is a place for innocence, trust and for perceiving
closely things of nature and of the heart. The west is the bear.
The color is black and is a point of the introspective nature of
mankind. The east is marked by the eagle. A point of illumination
where all things are seen far and wide. Also, very clearly the east
is the color of gold or yellow for the morning star. We are each
given a particular point, at birth, on the great wheel which guides
our life. But we must strive to gain knowledge and wisdom from
all points to become a whole person.
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One of the many legends of the Dream Catcher
Legend has it that grandmother Spider sang the universe
into existence, but was saddened by the bad dreams of her
human children. She went to the Willow Tree and asked
him for some of his branches. She then went to the Eagle
and asked him for his powerful feathers. She then bent the
branches into a circle to connect all points and people of
the world. Then she spun her web of wisdom around the
branches to catch her children's bad dreams. Grandfather
Sun's morning rays burned away the bad dreams that were
tangled in the web. Any that were left turned into dew and
trickled down the eagle feather and were given back to
Mother Earth.
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The Legend of the Corn Bead
The Corn Bead is so named due to its resemblance to a kernel of
corn. It grows wild locally and has a naturally occurring hole in
the center of it. Legend says that many years ago, during the
1830's, the Real People, as the Cherokee called themselves,
were rounded up as cattle, force to leave their homeland and walk
west to a new homeland. They cried tears of sorrow and grief.
Where their tears hit the ground a plant sprang up. The seeds
look like teardrops and were the color of grief. The Real People
wear these seeds in necklaces and medallions in memory of the
Trail of Tears.
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