Thursday, September 19, 2013

Scott's Potawatomi Creation Myth

These were the materials Scott brought in to illustrate the creation myth of the people of the Potawatomi tribe. Theirs is an earth-diver creation myth, telling of a pair of muskrats, the first trees, and a creator's three attempts at making people in a hearth. The underdone person came out white, the overdone person came out black, and the red person was juuuuuust right.


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