Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney

4 by James Mooney, Mooney, James, 1861-1921

Chapter 192: 37. How the Turkey got his beard (p. 287): This story is well known

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Chapter 192: 37. How the Turkey got his beard (p. 287): This story is well known

in the tribe and was heard from several informants. According to a Creek myth in the Tuggle collection the Turkey was once a warrior and still wears his last scalp from his neck. In another story of the same collection it is a man's scalp which he seized from the Terrapin and accidentally swallowed as he ran off, so that it grew out from his breast.
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