The Cherokee call it Judaculla’s Judgment Seat. Judaculla was a mythical figure who was a master hunter from a race of — I’m not making this up — what the Cherokee described as “slant-eyed giants” who live in the earth (like Crom, I suppose, except for the slant-eyed part). There are several local mountains that were supposed to be homes to them.
The white settlers who took over this area adapted the myth to their own mythology. Thus, ‘the Devil’s Courthouse.’
That's a curious name? Story behind it?
ReplyDeleteThe Cherokee call it Judaculla’s Judgment Seat. Judaculla was a mythical figure who was a master hunter from a race of — I’m not making this up — what the Cherokee described as “slant-eyed giants” who live in the earth (like Crom, I suppose, except for the slant-eyed part). There are several local mountains that were supposed to be homes to them.
DeleteThe white settlers who took over this area adapted the myth to their own mythology. Thus, ‘the Devil’s Courthouse.’