The Cherokee County Historical Museum displays a small ancient soapstone figure popularly linked to the legend of the Moon-Eyed People, a mysterious group said in later folklore to have lived in the Appalachian region before Cherokee settlement. The artifact is real; its connection to the legendary people is speculative. Museum: https://www.cherokeecounty-nc.gov/183/Historical-Museum
Filed under folklore: stories a place tells about itself, passed down and still repeated.
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Source: Roadside America