The Water Spider

The water spider is said to have first brought fire to the inhabitants of the earth in the basket on her back.^[1]

Ancient artifact. Illustration from above named book. - Thruston, Gates P. The Antiquities of Tennessee. Cincinnati: The Robert Clarke Company, 1897. Page 135.

Ancient shell gorget, depicting a spider, obtained from a mound on Fain's Island, Tennessee.

Wikipedia contributors. (2019, April 20). Cherokee mythology. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 01:31, May 22, 2019, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_mythology&oldid=893340462

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