Cherokee Beliefs

It was in Cherokee Spirituality that certain beings who came down from the skies formed the world, the moon and the stars. It was believed that the world was created at the time of the new moon of autumn, when the fruits of the earth were ripe. autumn, when the fruits of the earth were ripe. In the Cherokee religion the sun appears to have been the pricipal object of worship. The Cherokee's would pray to the sun to bring abundant crops and good health. The Cherokee Indians held a festival called the new Moon Festival in which they paid hnor to the moon. The moon was is considered to be important in religion and at every New Moon Festiva special honor is paid to the moon.

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