Nthano zachilendo za Cherokee zimatchula zachilendo zomwe zili ndi kuthekera monga teleportation komanso kusadziwika. Ankamenyananso nawo limodzi pankhondo yolimbana ndi adani.
A Cherokee amalankhula zambiri za anthu achilendo omwe amadziwika kuti Nunnehi. A Nunnehi anali odabwitsa, mwina wapadziko lapansi or kunja kwa dziko mabungwe ndi chikoka chabwino kwa fuko ili, ngakhale kuwathandiza pankhondo yolimbana ndi adani akumaloko ndi aku Europe. A Cheroqui kapena Cherokee ndi anthu achiaborijini omwe ali m'maboma a Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee ndi North Carolina.
A Nunnehi
Anthu a mtundu wa Cherokee ndi auzimu kwambiri ndipo amakhulupirira maiko atatu osiyana: Upper World, Dziko Lino ndi Underworld. Malinga ndi a Cherokee, mphamvu zauzimu zimapezekanso m'dziko lino, dziko lapadziko lapansi. Amapezeka m'chilengedwe chonse: miyala, mitsinje, mitengo, nyama, ndi zina zotero. Ngakhale mapangidwe a geological: m'mapanga ndi m'mapiri.
A Nunnehi amafotokozedwa ngati zinthu zoyambira komanso zosawoneka, ngakhale amatha kudziwonetsa mwa kufuna kwawo. Adasinthanso mawonekedwe awo, kukhala mawonekedwe ankhondo aumunthu (otchedwa “Wamkulu”).
Iwo anali ofanana ndi anthu achiaborijini aku United States, koma anali ndi china Zauzimu or “Zakuthambo” aura. Nunne'hi amatanthauza "Apaulendo", komanso "Anthu omwe amakhala kulikonse" chifukwa amakhala kumayiko achilendo (mkatikati mwa mapiri, malo apansi panthaka komanso pansi pamitsinje). Amawoneka ngati alendo okhala ndi kuthekera kwapadera, monga kusadziwika komwe kwatchulidwaku, teleportation komanso chochititsa mantha kwambiri ndikufa.
Anathandiza apaulendo otayika m'chipululu kapena ovulala kwambiri, omwe adatengedwa kupita kumalo awo apansi kuti akawachiritse. Ngakhale Cherokee ena ankakhala nawo mpaka kalekale.
Adathandizira ma Cherokees pomenya nkhondo ndi omwe adzagwire
A Nunnehi kaŵirikaŵiri analoŵa m’fuko la Amwenye Achimereka ameneŵa m’nkhondo zolimbana ndi nzika za ku Ulaya kapena oukira. Pafupi Nikwasi Munda, ku North Carolina, nkhondo inayambika pakati pa a Cherokees ndi fuko lina: Pamene a Cherokees anayamba kuthawa mokakamiza kuchoka kumalo omwe anachokera, munthu wosadziwika, pamodzi ndi gulu lina lankhondo, anabwera kudzamenyana ndi adaniwo; iwo anadabwa ndi kukhalapo kwa zinthu zosaoneka (koma Cherokees ankadziwa kuti anali Nunnehi).
Nkhani yosonkhanitsidwa ndi ethnologist James Mooney m'buku lake la 1898 Nthano za Cherokee imakamba za nyumba ya zolengedwa izi zomangidwa pa tsinde lozungulira la dziko lapansi. Nyumbayi inali pafupi ndi tawuni yakale ya Tugaloo ndipo inali yofanana ndi nyumba za Cherokee. Anthu omwe amakhala kumeneko anali osakhazikika - analibe aliyense. Nthaŵi zonse zinyalala kapena zinyalala zikatayidwa m’nyumbayo, inkawoneka yaukhondo pambuyo pa maola angapo. Atsamunda Achingelezi nawonso anakumana ndi chokumana nacho chodabwitsa chofananacho.
Amawoneka ngati amisili okhala ndi luso lapadera. Mwa nyumba zopatsidwa a Nunnehi pali Blood Mountain, Georgia, pafupi ndi Nyanja ya Trahlyta, Pilot Knob Mountain, Colorado, ndi Mount Nikwasi. Zambiri mwazinthu izi zimawerengedwa kuti ndi zomangamanga zakale zamabungwe awa.
Ndiye kodi a Nunnehi akadakhala amoyo zakuthambo omwe amalumikizana ndi a Cherokees pafupipafupi? Mu nthano zina zaku America, mabungwe ofanana amatchulidwa, monga “Ant People” a Amwenye a Hopi.
