the Thunder Boys
Cherokee · deity · mythic · deity
Twin sons of Kanati and Selu; the Wild Boy (sprung from washed game-blood) and his brother. Their meddling releases the game and brings on Selu's death; they become the Anisgaʼya Tsunsdiʼ, 'Little Men', whose voices are thunder in the west.
Parentage
Domains
- thunder
Powers
- Speak to one another as the low rolling thunder of the west
- Work wonder-tales and mischief beyond ordinary men
Epithets
- Anisga'ya Tsunsdi'
Relations
- killer of: Selu