KENNY CLARK M.

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American Creation Myth

Lakota Creation Legend

The world we know today is preceded by another world inhabited by people who behaved poorly. The
Creating Power, displeased with their actions, decided to create a new world. He sang songs to bring
rain, causing a flood that wiped out nearly all living beings except for Kangi, the crow.

Upon Kangi's plea for a new place to rest, the Creating Power set out to make a new world. He chose
four animals known for their underwater abilities: the loon, otter, beaver, and turtle. After unsuccessful
attempts by the first three, the turtle dove deep and eventually surfaced with mud. The Creating Power
used this mud to shape the new land, which he named Turtle Continent.

The Creating Power then populated this land with various animals and birds. From the earth of different
colors, he created men and women. He gave them his sacred pipe and advised them to live in harmony,
warning them about the fate of the previous world's inhabitants. He promised prosperity if all living
things coexisted peacefully but warned of another destruction if they made the world bad and ugly.

Iroquois Creation Myth

there existed a celestial world in the sky, inhabited by the SkyPeople, who lived in happiness and
immortality. The Chief's wife, SkyWoman, dreamt of the Celestial Tree uprooting, prompting her husband
and the people of the SkyWorld to make the dream a reality.

Despite their efforts, only the Chief successfully uprooted the tree, creating a hole in the sky. As
SkyWoman fell through this hole, she grasped seeds from the Celestial Tree. Birds and animals in the
water below, recognizing her vulnerability, tried to help. Muskrat succeeded in bringing up a small
amount of earth, which grew into the entire world when placed on the Great Turtle's back. SkyWoman
then scattered the seeds, leading to the creation of life on Earth.

SkyWoman later gave birth to twin sons, Sapling and Flint. Sapling created all that is good and beneficial
to humans, while Flint was responsible for creating what is harmful. They eventually engaged in a cosmic
battle, with Flint being defeated but unable to die, living on the back of Big Turtle, occasionally causing
volcanic eruptions.
American Mythical Creatures

 Bigfoot- Canadians call him Sasquatch. Refers to a giant, hairy, ape-man who supposedly has
been wandering around North America for at least a century. Most sightings have been in the
Pacific Northwest, but there have been Bigfoot reports from nearly every state and Canadian
province.
 Chupacabra - the Spanish word for "goat sucker." It wanders around attacking livestock, namely
goats, then sucking out all of the blood. It's mangy, deranged, and clearly vicious. Seeds for the
creature's existence were planted in 1970s Puerto Rico, when a rash of farm animals and pets
inexplicably died.
 Jersey Devil is depicted as having a horse head, bat-like wings and claws – although it's rarely
seen. Instead, it makes its presence known via eerie wailing, awful cries and rampaging sounds
throughout the forests of the Pine Barrens area.
 La Llorona-This tragic figure dressed in white wails along riverbanks, mainly in the Southwest
U.S., mourning her two young sons – who she killed.
 Slenderman is a notable legendary figure for two main reasons. He's the world's first mythical
creature spawned on the Internet, and there's no question as to whether or not he really exists.
He is depicted as a thin, unnaturally tall humanoid with a featureless white head and face,
wearing a black suit. Stories of the Slender Man commonly feature his stalking, abducting, or
traumatizing people, particularly children.
 Thunderbird-Described as a supernatural being, the enormous bird symbolized power and
strength that protected humans from evil spirits. It was called the Thunderbird because the
flapping of its powerful wings sounded like thunder, and lightning would shoot out of its eyes.