The
Native American myth, The Creation of The First Indians Chelan, was about
animals that needed to work Together and create humans. The Great Chief above
was the creator of everything, god or the Dues Faber Myth. He told the Animals what to do with the
beaver in order to create humans. Coyote was in charge of handling the beaver
but when the Great Chief above comes back, he puts coyote on an island and he
gives coyote the power to never age. He gives the power to create humans to the
four wolf brothers. The youngest brother goes on a hunt after beaver and after
three days he comes back with the dead beaver. They split it up into twelve
pieces including the beavers blood and spread the pieces all over that turn into
humans. The blood was secretion that
created man. The wolf brothers were given characteristic traits of humans like
strong, good, clever, and worthless. There was also 4 wolf brothers. The Great
Chief above, resembled God and when the names were not listed they mentioned
"and all others" which leads me to believe that people today could
put themselves in the story. After the Great chief left, the animals scattered
to all parts of the world, north, east, south and west. The number twelve is
also important because the Great chief above leaves for 12 moons and he wants
the beaver split into twelve parts.
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