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 Cherokee mythology -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Their son played in the (A large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)) river in which Selu washed the blood off of her husband's catch every day.
Kana'ti once told his son to start (The sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down) wrestling and pin the spirit boy down so Kana'ti could see him.
They didn't follow her directions exactly, clearing only seven small spots instead of the one large circle as she said; this is why corn does not grow everywhere, but only in the places where Selu's (The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart) blood fell as they dragged.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/cherokee_mythology.htm   (1309 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Mythica: Kana'ti and Selu
Every day when Selu got ready to cook the dinner she would go out to the storehouse with a basket and bring it back full of corn and beans.
There they saw Selu standing in the middle of the room with the basket in front of her on the floor.
They dragged the body of Selu around the circle, and wherever her blood fell on the ground the corn sprang up.
www.pantheon.org /areas/folklore/folktales/articles/kanati_and_selu.html   (3156 words)

  
 Documents, Contracts, and Worksheets for Home Builders And Itse Selu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Documents, Contracts, and Worksheets for Home Builders And Itse Selu
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In this picture book set during the time before Europeans came to the New World, a young boy celebrates the ancient Cherokee harvest festival of Itse Selu.
www.swbol.com /documents.htm   (149 words)

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