Case file · Fairy lore

The Little People (Yunwi Tsunsdi)

Child-sized spirit people of Cherokee belief who live in rock caves and laurel thickets, help the lost and punish those who disturb them. Many Cherokee families still speak of them.

1900 CE · 35.48, -83.32 · status: legend

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Nunnehi (and Yunwi Tsunsdi)
  2. Mooney, Myths of the Cherokee (1900), Project Gutenberg
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