Editing Cherokee spiritual beliefs (section)

==Signs, visions, and dreams==
The Cherokee traditionally hold that [[Portent (divination)|signs]], visions, [[dream]]s, and [[supernatural power|power]]s are all gifts of the spirits, and that the world of humans and the world of the spirits are intertwined, with the spirit world and presiding over both.

Spiritual beings can come in the form of animal or human and are considered a part of daily life. A group of spiritual beings are spoken about as [[Little people (mythology)|Little People]] and they can only be seen by humans when they want to be seen. It is said that they choose who they present themselves to and appear as any other Cherokee would, except that they are small with very long hair.<ref name="CherokeeNation">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130410050649/http://www.cherokee.org/AboutTheNation/Culture/General/TheTraditionalBeliefSystem.aspx Cherokee Nation. (2016). The traditional belief system. Retrieved from]</ref> The Little People can be helpful but one should be cautious while interacting with them because they can be very deceptive.<ref>Duncan, Barbara R., Davey Arch, and Inc Netlibrary. (1998). Living Stories of the Cherokee. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina.</ref> It is not common to talk about an experience one has with the Little People. Instead, one might relay an incident that happened to someone else.<ref name=ParkerCitation>Parker, G. K. (2005). Seven Cherokee Myths: Creation, Fire, the Primordial Parents, the Nature of Evil, the Family, Universal Suffering, and Communal Obligation. McFarland.</ref>  It is said that if you bother the Little People too often you will become confused in your day-to-day life.<ref name=CherokeeNation/> Although they possess healing powers and helpful hints, the Little People are not to be disturbed.<ref name=ParkerCitation/>