The Hebrew that is translated as “Nephilim” or “giants” in English is translated in Cherokee with the mythological Cherokee figure Judacullah or tsuhlkala. “Judacullah (ᏧᏓᎦᎳ) [is] the giant who taught the Cherokees about hunting, farming, and medicine. Genesis 6:4 describes a time when ‘there were giants in the earth,’ [according to the King James Version] and ‘giants’ is translated as tsunihlkala or Judacullahs, plural! In Cherokee, tsuhlkala is a proper name, so the idea of many populating the land must have been quite striking and creates a uniquely Cherokee reading of this chapter. The use of both dakwa and junihlkala suggests a continuity between the biblical and the Cherokee human experience.” (Source: Bender / Belt 2025, p. 47)