Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Stephen Segall <segall AT umich.edu>]

If the information about the bible were transmitted to the Cherokees by 
missionaries, one would expect that somewhere in these legends there would 
be some mention of Jesus. However, Jesus is completely absent from any of 
the ancient legends of the Cherokees, only legends similar to those in the 
Torah are present.

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, Yitzhak Sapir wrote:

> The above theory is apparently related to: 
> http://www.cherokeenationmexico.com/
> and: http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/permalink/bat_creek_stone/
>
> While various sites note that the "chief diety" of the Cherokee is
> "Yo-wah or Ye-ho-waah"
> this chief diety is curiously absent from "Myths of the Cherokee", a
> document from the
> 1890s: http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/cher/motc/index.htm  This document does
> have reference to other dieties which are mentioned in some other
> sites about the
> Cherokee religion, such as: 
> http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/cher/motc/index.htm
> It appears to me that "Yo-wah" or "Ye-ho-waah" is the work of some missionary.
>
> Yitzhak Sapir
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