Is the Cherokee legend of Kalona and A-ya real?

Answer 1

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Cherokee legend of kalona is that he is the father of there feared raven mockers. kalona was said to be a fallen angel, who is immortal and greatly feared because he was said to have raped the Cherokee women and enslaved the men. the ghigua women of every tribe got together to create an earth maiden which enslaved kalona under the earth for thousands of years. Kalonas sons, the raven mockers, said that kalona would return to the earth after a long time and that he would be worse than ever before.

Answer 2

The legend is indeed true (edit: please scroll down for the more realistic legends - written by a Cherokee). Well technically it could be a debate between religions. Basically if you believe in demons and what not,there is no reason not to believe in this legend. Okay,so here's the legend: A long,long time ago there were a Cherokee tribe.If you do not know what Cherokee are they were a native American tribe,like the Iroquois. They were like any other happy tribe. Kalona was said to be a fallen angel. That's what most people believe,and what i choose to believe myself. There are very different versions of how he fell,for example there is one belief that he grew very jealous of Nyx's consort,but I'm not going to go into that. And as you may know when a fallen angel falls he becomes a demon. Now Kalona was beautiful but he could make you think that he was actually very very old. So the immortal kalona stayed with the Cherokee people. He claimed he was Erebus,Nyx's mate.He took over this town and raped and abused women and turned the men into slaves. And yes they had no sexual protection back then so as you can imagine they indeed had babies. Since kalona being immortal and all,the babies would also be immortal terrible creatures. His children were all male and each child were apart of the raven mockers. Rephaim was Kalonas favorite son because of his enormous amount of power. Of course we all know what a raven is..a bird.

So then the women decide they've grown sick of the raping. They built a clay stone statue of the most beautifully gorgeous women they could make call Ay-a and brought her to life with elements or earth,water,air,fire. Kalona had to have her and what basically ends the story is that Ay-a freezes Kalona in her arms and they are hidden somewhere inside the earth. <<----- House of Night version - not my writing.

Cherokee Version as written by Oscar Wellington:

The Kalona Ayeliski or "raven mocker" is a powerful figure of unholiness within Cherokee legends. Described as an evil spirit, it is feared by all, including other spirits and witches. The raven mocker's purpose is to torture and torment a dying person, to quicken the process of death. Once dead, the raven mocker attempts to consume the person's heart to bolster their own life-force. For each year that the dying person would have lived, the raven mocker adds to its own.

The physical appearance of the raven mocker is twofold. In one setting, when they are grounded and are attacking the dying person, they resemble very old and frail beings. This is due to the fact that they have absorbed so many lives of previous victims. In another setting, when they travel to the dying person, they resemble evil and demonic ravens.

At nightfall, when a person is known to be dying, the raven mocker will transform. Taking on the appearance of a true raven, the raven mocker morphs, spreading devilish wings that black out the sky, and taking on a terrible visage as it glides carelessly through the air, shrieking and wailing to announce its presence. Part of the fear as well as the meaning of the name behind this evil spirit comes from the fact that the raven mocker will literally mock the sounds of a raven, not only as it flies above the dying person, but up until it enters their room.

Once in the room of the dying person, other witches and evil spirits will flock to the scene to help the raven mocker snuff out the victim. The raven mocker and other evil spirits are invisible, so as they commence torture, the dying person only appears to those around them to be choking and gasping for air, when they are really breathing their last. In a hierarchal ladder of evil spirits, the raven mocker is definitely highly ranked. Similar to how a larger predator will dominate a hunting ground or kill, other spirits attempting to kill a dying man for themselves will flee an area if they hear the raven mocker's cry of ownership.

In defense against the raven mocker, family and friends of dying people can hire very skilled medicine men to keep watch. The medicine man will serve two purposes: one, to watch over the person dying until they get better (the raven mocker cannot enter when the medicine man has properly warded the building), and two, to watch over the dying person until they die naturally, and then to watch over the corpse to ensure proper burial (this prevents the raven mocker from eating the heart). In some legends, it is reported that the raven mocker will die within seven days of being spotted by a medicine man, while others report that it is the medicine man's wards and special armaments that can kill the spirit. There is also tale of a famous hunter of raven mockers, Gskli'sk, who killed many of the evil spirits.

Overall, the raven mocker is not only a fascinating, but terrifying Cherokee legend.

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Cherokee Version from one of the Cherokee Nations (Cherokee Registry) websites:

This is the Kalona Ayeliski. Think of it as the "Angel of Death". Because of this, the point man in a Cherokee attack was designated the Kalona. It's also known as the Raven Mocker (imitator), the worst of all evil spirits. Though it is sometimes referred to as a witch, that is a European term. The Cherokee call evil spirits that torment the sick Sunnayi Edahi, "the Night Goer." The Night Goers cannot be seen except by certain medicine men. Then they may look like a person, or take the form of an animal. They come to the house at night when a person is sick, stomp on the roof, beat the side of the house, knock him out of bed, and drag him on the floor. They try to hasten death. They want the sick person to die faster and not use up any of his life span so that they can take his unused lifetime and add it to their own.

The most feared is the Kalona Ayeliski that makes the sound of a diving raven when it arrives. All other evil spirits flee when it shows up. It steals the heart of the sick person without leaving a mark and eats it. This adds the number of years to it's own life. The Kalona is usually invisible. Imagine how terrifying to already be deathly sick and have to worry about all this! The family will summon a medicine man to keep watch and hold it away until the person recovers. It the person dies, the medicine man will keep watch until the person is buried. After burial the heart cannot be taken.

The medicine man drives a sharpened stick into the ground at each corner of the house. Then, about noontime he gets ready the Tsâl-agayû'nlï or "Old Tobacco", with which he fills his pipe, repeating the chant below. He then wraps the pipe in a black cloth. This sacred tobacco is smoked only for this purpose. He then goes out into the forest, and returns just before dark, about which time the sprit will arrive. Lighting his pipe, he goes slowly around the house, puffing the smoke in the direction of every trail by which the sprit might approach. He then goes into the house to wait. When the spirit arrives, the sharpened stick on that side of the house shoots up into the air and comes down like an arrow upon his head. This causes the sprit to die within seven days. Family and friends check near and far for someone who dies within that time, knowing they were the Night Goer.

The chant below against this spirit is from the book of a Cherokee Medicine man named Ayû'ninïs, collected and published in 1891. He calls upon two spirits to help him fight the evil one. They are the Red Man and the Purple Man. Red Man is the spirit of power, triumph, and success. Purple Man brings trouble, vexation and defeat.

Translation:

Listen! In the Frigid Land you repose, O Red Man, quickly we two have prepared your arrows for the soul of the Imprecator. He has them lying along the path. Quickly we two will take his soul as we go along.

Listen! In the Frigid Land you repose, O Purple Man, Quickly now we two have prepared your arrows for the soul of the Imprecator. He has them lying along the path. Quickly we two will cut his soul in two.

Answer 3

We all know the legend of Kalona and A ya is not real. But if you want to believe it you may, for I am no believer but i am not here to judge you on your imagination, I am her to give answers to those who need it.

Answer 4

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