the Thunder Boys

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

• parent: Kanati
• parent: Selu

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' Cherokee · Anisgaya Tsunsdi · literarythe Little MenJames Mooney, Myths of the Cherokee (1900) (primary)

Relations

• killer of: SeluSpying on their mother and judging her a witch, the twins killed Selu; where her blood was dragged across the ground the first corn grew.James Mooney, Myths of the Cherokee (1900), no. 3 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Mooney, Myths of the Cherokee (1900) (primary)