The soapstone boulder was named
for the giant Tsul`kälû´,
which means "slant eyed giant"
who was reported to control the weather,
was the steward of all hunted animals,
and could leap from mountain to mountain.
It is said
that the strange 7-fingered globs on the boulder
were from the seven-fingered giant's hands
where he braced himself after a stumble from such a jump.
Despite being a grotesque,
hair-covered giant with demigod powers
and seven-fingered hands for feet,
he eventually took a Cherokee wife
and became one of the tribes earliest ancestors.
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