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Iroquois Creation Myth
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Iroquois Creation Myth
Retold By Victoria Simonovich
One day a sky woman fell from the clouds.
The Beginning
At first, there were two worlds; the sky and the sea(waters below).
The sea contained water creatures and the sky contained sky people.
One day a women fell from the clouds.
Two Swans noticed the sky woman and caught her, but they weren't strong enought to hold her for long.
Down below muskrats dived down into the sea togather muck.
They placed the muck onto the shell of a great sea turtle. The muck began to spread about the turtles shell as it rose to the surface of the water, creating new land.
At the surface, the turtle noticed the two swans struggling to carry the sky woman. The great turtle offered to carry her on its shell.
The woman stepped onto the new land on the turtle's shell, and began to create.
She sprinkle dust into the sky and created the stars, along with the sun and moon.
Then she birthed two sons; one who grow to be gentle and kind (good), and the other who grew bitter (bad).
Her sons soon began to fill the Earth with their own creations. The good brother created peaceful things. While his bitter brother destoryed the peaceful things with his bad creations.
Eventually the good brother banished the evil brother to live on the turtles back.
Thus, the creation of the world as we know it.