HIST 223 Lecture Notes - King James Version, Moral Absolutism
22 Nov 2012
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Came from the stars and would return to them. The universe was created by a chorus of loud singing. Female child was born, then a male child. The children were transferred on earth by a whirlwind. Aataentsic (sky mother) had originally dwelled in the sky where spirits live. He sliped through a hole in the sky and began to fall. The great tortoise witnessed, and told other animals to pile soil on his back, here the land was formed and aataentsic fell on his back. She had two boys (not sure if she was the mother or grandmother) Tawiscaron many evil qualities, could make himself a young woman. Three different creation stories all of them are set in a specific place that link human creation to the particular dwelling place of the native group involved. Various versions of the stores: not totally stable, not always told in the same way, the details varied.
