Part one: The three short stories- When Grizzlies Walked Upright‚ The Earth on Turtle’s Back‚ and The Navajo Origin Legend – all share a similar concept. The story The Earth on Turtle’s Back talks about before Earth even existed everything was water and there were birds and animals that swam around. Up‚ above the clouds‚ was a skyland where humans lived. In the end of this short story a small little muskrat brings up land from underneath the water and gives the chief’s wife a place to stand and
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Before this Earth existed‚ there was only water. It stretched as far as one could see‚ and in that water there were birds and animals swimming around. Far above‚ in the clouds‚ there was a Skyland. In that Skyland there was a great and beautiful tree. It had four white roots which stretched to each of the sacred directions‚ and from its branches all kinds of fruits and flowers grew. There was an ancient chief in theSkyland. His young wife was expecting a child‚ and one night she dreamed that she
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is a very good ending 7. Events Beyond Human Control (magic‚ spiritual events) The Sky Woman’s “dream of great power” in which she saw the Great Tree uprooted The Sky Woman’s falling through the hole The handful of dirt magically growing into the Earth The Sky Woman’s accidental dropping of seeds from the Sky World‚ which became Earth’s plants Significance : There are many inexplicable and mystical elements in the myth. The events which involve spiritual or magical circumstances often have the most
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Anuj Patel September 30‚ 2010 English 11 1st Period The Earth on Turtle’s Back & the Navajo Origin Legend Native Americans have great respect for the natural world. They believe that each creature has its own power by which it maintains itself and affects others. Each Native American culture has its own name for this power‚ but many Native American cultures recognize a Great Spirit- an invisible power that is the source of life and good for humans. Many of the animals that helped feed and
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The World On A Turtle’s Back There’s this place called the Sky World‚ and there lives a man and his wife who is expecting a child.And there’s a tree in the center of the Sky World that no being is allowed to eat from.Don’t touch the tree‚ don’t eat from the tree‚ don’t pee on the tree‚ don’t look at the tree‚ don’t think about the tree! Well guess what? The wife is having her weird craving as most pregnant women do and she demands of her husband to get the tree’s roots so she can eat them.He’s
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World on a Turtles Back Have you ever wondered how the world came to be? I know I have. Whenever I have a question about things like that I look to the Indians to find my answers. They have a lot of stories about how they think the world came to be‚ and their all very interesting. There are many myths and legends that answer any questions that you might have. Back when the Indians used to sit around the campfires‚ and tell stories about how the land came to be‚ I think they were just looking
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Samantha Delgado Mrs. Shreiner English III: American Literature 9/27/13 When Turtles Walked Upright!? The Earth on Grizzly’s Back!? In the Native American origin myths “Earth on Turtle’s Back” by the Onondaga and “When Grizzlies Walked Upright” by the Modoc many cultural values are revealed. In both stories the indigenous people are able to give insight as to how they feel life begins and their religious beliefs. By doing so they reveal details about their tribes that otherwise would have remained
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the sea. The she falls down the hole‚ and birds carry her onto the back of a turtle and she offers to plant the roots she got from the tree for them to grow foodz but there’s no dirt on the giant flying ball of water we call Earth‚ so all the little animals start swimmin’ down to reach the bottom and find dirt but none of them can do it‚ and then the Muskrat is like "I can do it!" So he swims down down down‚ and doesn’t come back. Then his little drenched body floats to the top and he has dirt in
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Compare&Contrast The World on Turtle’s back was about a female and male which lived in a sky world. In this sky world was a big tree and on this tree grew crops for the two to eat every year. A day came when the two were curious and started to dig a hole next to the tree. It wasn’t even 10sec. and they broke through the world‚ it spooked the male so he stepped back. The Grandma got down and stuck her head through the hole and then‚ she fell falling from what seemed to be the sky. Then the story about
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The world on the turtles back The world on the turtles back is a creation myth story that has been passed down from generation to generation in the Native American culture. The story gives explanations for how the world came to be. It also tells of how day & night and also agriculture was created. The Native Americans believed that there was a city in the sky. A woman lived there and became ill. She begged her husband to get things from a sacred tree. Upon refusal
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