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    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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    the about the story “When the Grizzlies Walked Upright”. An intriguing short story that speaks about the belief inside the creation of Mount Shasta. The Modoc tribe determined that their story had a strong belief for Gods that could create fictional characters such as grizzly bears that could walk and speak like people. Creating a feeling of faith‚ and illustrations that were used to honor their creator. Having said that‚ the Modoc tribe had an unbelievable faith in grizzlies‚ as they resembled human

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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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    Within The Earth on Turtle’s Back they say how the animals can talk and that they are able to dive to bring the earth up. When Grizzlies Walked Upright explains how the humans believe that they descended from the bears. The Navajo Origin Legend explains how the people use the animals and what the animals help with. The Iroquois Constitution explains how they community makes peace with each other and the animals and how their spirits have gone down generations. The Earth on The Turtle’s Back compares

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