The Sacred Formulas Of The Cherokees

JAMES MOONEY

Publication: Government Printing Office, 1892, Washington

First Edition. Disbound. Pages 301-397. 4 Plates. Issued as part of the Seventh Annual Report Of The Bureau Of Ethnology To The Secretary Of The Smithsonian Institution 1885-'86. Disbound from The Miscellaneous Documents Of The House Of Representatives For The First Session Of The Fifty-Second Congress. 1891-'92. The sacred formulas presented here reflect all aspects of daily life as part of the ancient religion of the Cherokees. Provides 28 sacred formulas from a mass of over 600 prayers, formulas, and songs. These formulas are centered on such things as medicine, hunting, love, finding lost articles, and frightening away storms. Fine.