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“Oral Tradition, the practice of passing down legends, myths, and metaphors, has always fascinated me. One of my favorites is the Cherokee tale of the Two Wolves. It serves as a metaphor for our inner battle between good/wise/loving choices and poor/selfish/hateful choices. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘭𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥.” 

- Maynard James Keenan

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https://www.nanticokeindians.org/about/the-tale-of-two-wolves/

The Tale Of Two Wolves

ONE EVENING, AN ELDERLY
CHEROKEE BRAVE TOLD HIS
GRANDSON ABOUT A BATTLE THAT
GOES ON INSIDE PEOPLE.

HE SAID “MY SON, THE BATTLE IS
BETWEEN TWO ‘WOLVES’ INSIDE US ALL.
ONE IS EVIL. IT IS ANGER,
ENVY, JEALOUSY, SORROW,
REGRET, GREED, ARROGANCE,
SELF-PITY, GUILT, RESENTMENT,
INFERIORITY, LIES, FALSE PRIDE,
SUPERIORITY, AND EGO.

THE OTHER IS GOOD.
IT IS JOY, PEACE LOVE, HOPE SERENITY,
HUMILITY, KINDNESS, BENEVOLENCE,
EMPATHY, GENEROSITY,
TRUTH, COMPASSION AND FAITH.”

THE GRANDSON THOUGH ABOUT
IT FOR A MINUTE AND THEN ASKED
HIS GRANDFATHER:

“WHICH WOLF WINS?…”

THE OLD CHEROKEE SIMPLY REPLIED,
“THE ONE THAT YOU FEED”