How the Deer Got His Horns

A Cherokee story · Southern Appalachians; today Oklahoma and North Carolina · 1:44

A still from the film How the Deer Got His Horns
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In the beginning the Deer had no horns. The animals set up a race between Deer, the great runner, and Rabbit, the great jumper, with a fine pair of antlers as the prize. Rabbit is caught gnawing a shortcut through the thicket, so the horns go to the Deer, who has worn them ever since.

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