The Moon-Eyed people were said to be a race of small people that, according to Cherokee legend, were blinded by daylight, but able to see in moonlight, who only came out at night, and were described as under three feet tall, light-skinned, with big blue eyes.

In Germanic mythology, a dwarf is a short human-like entity that dwells in mountains and in the earth, and is variously associated with wisdom, blacksmithing, mining, and crafting.. For years, stories have persisted about Cherokee “little people” in eastern North America.