Cherokee Storytelling: How Spider Got the First Fire

Welcome to our all-new Cherokee Storytelling series! In this video, storyteller Candice Byrd tells the origin of the first fire - a story that teaches how bravery and wit can come from the smallest of creatures.
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[@CalvinsCorner72]

My friend long Raven Wolf used to do these stories too long ago but his family shut down his channel after he passed and now I cannot listen to his videos no more. Sadly. This reminds me of him. WADO I have never heard this. Thanks

[@mspears_bobobuddytheseniorcat]

I’ll never look at black widows the same way again! What a great story! 🕷🔥❤️

[@Beautycatestant]

It was a water spider 🕷 😳

[@LowakOotitok]

Love it!!

[@DoyleWyatt]

Osiyo Sister Great Inspiring Story

[@eclecticraeen]

so sweet

[@courtneyrenee9255]

My grandmother told me this story growing up!💕

[@TheDiggingestGirl]

excited for this series, thank you!

[@SpiderBRidin]

Creative, and courageous. How inspiring nature is! 🕷🔥

[@jeannettelinthicum9654]

My favorite story 😍

[@mikesteiger8044]

osiyo Honor to your fathers for keeping them alive in their stories. i wish to honor my greatgrandmother she was from ok. i wish to use your language to memorialize her in a painting with the written Cherokee language speaking of (my love for you is eternal.)

[@catherinapierce6036]

Beautiful ❤️ thank you 😊

[@dwatkins7272]

Awesome story. Thank you

[@ToxicSonata]

you are such a great storyteller!

[@rogercarroll1663]

Great story. Thank you so much.

[@seekingspiritualtruth2393]

🧡

[@vacc22]

How often was story telling done in the past? Daily, weekly, monthly, ceremonially?

[@mattoattacko]

thank you for sharing

[@dianelewis5885]

Thankyou

[@kennethmoles4643]

I would love to see Candice wearing a Turkey feather cape! I think she would be so beautiful.

[@terryschiller2625]

Osiyo, unalii wado

[@markberman6708]

Was this spider a black widow? My first division I served in was 7th Infantry Division, the Black Widow Division, patch is the black widow back. Motto was "WE Own the Night". Out in Monterey, California.

[@charleslundy541]

My GGG Grandfather was said to be a story teller, he was given the name Baldwin to work and worked a column for a paper in Boone. His daughter "Doeny" was my GG Grandmother. She was taken at the age of 13 and given to a boy to be his bride when he was 10. I met her when I was a baby, she lived to 104 and died in the year 1996. Doni Edwards, daughter of Piknee "Pink" Baldwin. There were pictures when I was a child, but I dont know who had them. 'Doe-nee' had 13 children, thats what my grandmother (mawmaw) says she was called. Mawmaw stayed at her house in the mountains some when she was a kid. Mawmaw said Dhoni was a very tuff woman, but with her life and the life of women in general I imagine she had to be. Dhoni hid under blowing rock with the young ones when the raid parties would come through. My grandmother says she was taken at the age of 13. I do not know how to spell their names.

[@donhosey1716]

She's pretty

[@laneybarrett5416]

Wado :)

[@shamusd252]

What is the name of the great creator?

[@Learnedit4me]

Great Grandmother Spider

[@williamwarren1466]

Wado

[@cherokeegirl5908]

Wado and semper Fi

[@mightymite3958]

Seems like I remeber raccoon gvli tried too and burned his feet and looked in the tree n burned mask on his face

[@number4777.]

If you do not know how to make a fire by hand drill, this story doesn’t have as much impact.