Appalachian Trail Myths E-Book

Tim Hewitt

• Herausgeber: myOstrich Press
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

This book contains two short stories, inspired by my experiences thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. The first tells of the Ugalu, a Cherokee Nation spirit-beast and how it was instrumental in the creation of the balds in the Southern Appalachians.The second is a tale of Pamola, the Penobscot Nation demon-beast who inhabits the summit of Mount Katahdin, the Northern Terminus of the Appalachian Trail in Maine.Both of these stories are included as bonus material in my previously published book; Take a Hike! A long walk on the Appalachian Trail.  They are duplicated here for anyone who wishes to read them without reading the story of my thru-hike.

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Appalachian Trail Myths

The Ugalu & Pamola

Tim Hewitt

Edited byKelly Hartigan

Copyright © 2016 by Tim Hewitt

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This book is a work of fiction. Characters and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons or events is entirely coincidental.

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Foreword

Appalachian Trail Myths: The Ugalu & Pamola, first appeared as bonus chapters in Take a Hike! A long walk on the Appalachian Trail, also written by the author.

These myths are original and were inspired by my six-month hike on the Appalachian Trail.

The first tells the Cherokee Nation story of the Ugalu. This is a great winged beast, sometimes described as bee-like and other times as bird-like. I've chosen to relate a tale about how the Ugalu played a role in the creation of the balds of the southern Appalachian Mountains.

The second brings to life the Penobscot Nation spirit known as Pamola, who lives with his brother Katahdin, on the mountain in Maine that bears his brother's name. The northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail has a long history of tall tales and myths based on the beliefs of the native people. The original caretaker of the mountain and the first forest ranger, Roy Dudley, told a number of tales about Pamola, and this one builds on that history in what I hope you will find is a novel and interesting manner.

Roy Dudley’s Pamola stories were originally made popular in the book Chimney Pond Tales: Yarns Told by Leroy Dudley, written by Clayton Hall.

The Ugalu

In the southern Appalachians, there are mysterious bald areas on the summits of many of the hills and mountains in the region. When you step out of the forest into one of these grass- and scrub-covered hilltops, your first impression might be that they were cleared as grazing land sometime in the past, maybe by early European settlers.

The reality is, these spots have been barren of trees for as long as people have been living in these mysterious mountains, back to the earliest recollections of the native Cherokee nations. The native people have several stories that have been passed down from generation to generation that explain how these balds were created. A tribal elder of the Cherokee Nation in North Carolina shared one of these stories with me, and I thought I would share it with you. Enjoy.