Editing James Mooney (section)

=== ''Myths of the Cherokee (1900)'' ===
Mooney also spent much time with the Cherokee, by then removed to [[Indian Territory]] (in what is now Oklahoma and North Carolina). For many years he worked with [[Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians]] elder and translator [[Will West Long]].<ref name=":12">{{Cite journal |last=Witthoft |first=John |date=April 1948 |title=Will West Long, Cherokee Informant |journal=[[American Anthropologist]] |series=Brief Communications |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=335–359|doi=10.1525/aa.1948.50.2.02a00250 |doi-access=free }}</ref> He studied their language, culture, and mythology. This comprehensive volume compiled 126 Cherokee myths, including sacred stories, animal myths, local legends, wonder stories, historical traditions, and miscellaneous myths and legends. Some myths included:

* How the World was Made
* Why the Deer's Teeth are Blunt
* How the Turkey got his Beard
* Why the Possum's Tail is Bare

The book also includes original Cherokee manuscripts, relating to the history, archaeology, geographic nomenclature, personal names, botany, medicine, arts, home life, religion, songs, ceremonies, and language of the tribe.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mooney, James, 1861-1921.|title=Myths of the Cherokee; and, Sacred formulas of the Cherokees|date=1982|publisher=Charles and Randy Elder-Booksellers|isbn=0-918450-22-5|location=Nashville, Tenn.|oclc=8885748}}</ref>