Selu
Cherokee · deity · mythic · deity
Cherokee Corn Mother and first woman, wife of Kanati; slain by her sons, her death and dragged body give the people cultivated corn.
Children
Domains
Powers
- Bring forth corn and beans from her own body
- Cause corn to spring where her blood touches the cleared ground
Epithets
Relations
Sources
- Mooney, Myths of the Cherokee (1900)
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