loon,
and
mallard (wild duck)
fly high into
the sky and sweep down in a dive, but cannot reach bottom; but the little
coot
, who cannot fly,
succeeds in bringing up some mud in his bill. Only one creature, humble Grandmother Turtle, is the
right shape to support the mud world Maheo shapes on her shell – the Indian name for America, “
Turtle Island.’’
Among the many narrative forms are creation or
origin stories
, myths that explained how things came
to be as they are. Another form was cultural
hero stories
, which showed how remarkable people—usually
with superman powers—changed the natural world and helped create the existing Native culture.
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