About this deity
Dâyuni'sï was a water beetle involved with creation in some Cherokee traditions.
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Parent belief system
Cherokee Culture · Polytheistic · 1 mythCherokee culture refers to the shared spiritual beliefs of the Cherokee peoples indigenous to the southeastern United States (primarily North Carolina).
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Mythological stories including Dayuni'si
- Dayuni'si (Water Beetle) Genesis Creation myth
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The earth was a floating island in the water, held up by cords to each of the four cardinal points of the sky. It was crowded and they knew the world would fall soon. Our earth came about when Dâyuni'sï (Beaver's Grandchild), the Water beetle from Gälûñ'lätï, the sky realm, came to see what was below the water. The beetle dove in the water, pulled up mud, and the mud expanded into the earth we have today. The other animals soon followed and the first humans were a brother and sister. After being hit with a fish, the sister was told to reproduce and did so by giving birth to a child every seven days.
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OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Dayuni'si." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 27 Jun. 2020, omnika.org/stable/755. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
OMNIKA (2020, June 27). Dayuni'si. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/755
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Dayuni'si." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created June 27, 2020. Accessed January 21, 2025. https://omnika.org/stable/755.
