Reading Notes: British North America, Part A
from Myths and Legends of British North America by Katharine Barry Judson
| The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars. Source: Steemit. |
For this week's Native American readings, I decided to read the stories from the British North America unit.
One story that I really liked reading was this story, Creation of the Earth. I thought it was really interesting how the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon and the Stars were personified. They were portrayed as actual people instead of objects.
One day the Earth was scolding her husband, the Sun, because he was too hot and he was making the house too hot. The Sun eventually gets tired of it and moves away. The Moon and the Stars also follow him. She was left all alone so she started crying.
An Old Man came by and saw her crying so he asked her what was wrong and she told him everything.
The Old Man goes to the Sun, and tells him he simply cannot run away and hide because there will be other people eventually who will need something done for them. So he sends the Sun, the Moon and the Stars to be what they are considered now.
He says "henceforth you shall not desert people nor hide yourselves; you shall remain where everybody can you, either by day or by night."
Afterwards, he changes the Earth into the earth we know today. Her hair becomes flowers and grass. Her bones are the rocks. The Earth never had to be alone now because she could always see the Sun. And when the people came, the Old Man showed them how to do everything.
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