Cherokee traditional religion

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Cherokee traditional religion is the Indigenous spiritual belief system of the Cherokee people, centered on harmony with nature, sacred rituals, and a rich oral tradition of myths and ceremonies.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cherokee mythology 2
Cherokee traditional religion canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (96)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous religion ⓘ
Native American religion ⓘ
polytheistic belief system ⓘ
coexistsWith Christianity among Cherokee people ⓘ
hasCalendarAssociation agricultural cycles ⓘ
corn planting ⓘ
harvest season ⓘ
hasCentralConcept balance ⓘ
community well-being ⓘ
harmony ⓘ
purity ⓘ
respect for nature ⓘ
ritual cleanliness ⓘ
sacred reciprocity ⓘ
hasCosmologyConcept Middle World ⓘ
Under World ⓘ
Upper World ⓘ
sacred mountains ⓘ
spirit beings ⓘ
hasDeity Moon ⓘ
Sun ⓘ
Thunder Beings ⓘ
Unetlanvhi ⓘ
various animal spirits ⓘ
hasEthicalPrinciple avoidance of gossip ⓘ
hospitality ⓘ
maintenance of ritual purity ⓘ
non-wastefulness ⓘ
respect for elders ⓘ
sharing of resources ⓘ
hasLanguage Cherokee language ⓘ
hasMythologicalFigure Great Buzzard ⓘ
Kanati ⓘ
Little People ⓘ
Selu ⓘ
Uktena ⓘ
hasPractice consultation with medicine people ⓘ
dance ⓘ
herbal medicine ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
song ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
use of sacred fire ⓘ
hasRegionOfPractice Alabama ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Southern Appalachians ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
hasRitual Green Corn Ceremony ⓘ
fasting ⓘ
funerary rites ⓘ
healing ceremonies ⓘ
medicine ceremonies ⓘ
naming ceremonies ⓘ
purification ritual ⓘ
ritual bathing ⓘ
smoke cleansing ⓘ
stomp dance ⓘ
hasSacredColor black ⓘ
blue ⓘ
red ⓘ
white ⓘ
yellow ⓘ
hasSacredDirection east ⓘ
north ⓘ
south ⓘ
west ⓘ
hasSacredNumber 4 ⓘ
7 ⓘ
hasSacredObject ceremonial tobacco ⓘ
drums ⓘ
feathers ⓘ
medicine bundles ⓘ
ritual rattles ⓘ
sacred fire ⓘ
hasSacredPlace council house ⓘ
mountains ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
stomp grounds ⓘ
hasSpecialist ceremonial leader ⓘ
medicine man ⓘ
medicine woman ⓘ
priest ⓘ
hasViewOnAnimals animals as spiritual relatives ⓘ
hasViewOnHealing restoration of harmony ⓘ
hasViewOnIllness imbalance between person and spiritual forces ⓘ
hasViewOnPlants plants as medicine givers ⓘ
hasViewOnWorld living, animated universe ⓘ
influencedBy pre-contact Southeastern Woodlands traditions ⓘ
practicedBy Cherokee people ⓘ
transmittedBy ceremonial instruction ⓘ
dance ⓘ
myths ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
songs ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cherokee → traditionalReligion → Cherokee traditional religion ⓘ
Kuwahi → isAssociatedWith → Cherokee mythology ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee traditional religion
Amerindian mythology → hasPart → Cherokee mythology ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee traditional religion