Remaking The Earth: A Creation Story from the Great Plains of North America
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (765 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 053109524X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 597 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Remaking the Earth I was quite surprised when this book arrived. The book is like brand new and arrived in a timely manner.. "The ongonig creation story of the Indian peoples of the Great Plains" according to Lawrance Bernabo. The key point of Paul Goble's "Remaking the Earth: A Creation Story from the Great Plains of North America," is that for the Indian peoples creation is something that is going on all the time. The story begins a long time ago where there was another world like our own, but then the mountains crumbled and water covered up everything. The only living things left were the fishes i. The Invisible Pam said Good Story, Not So Good Presentation - a review of "Remaking the Earth". I so wanted to like this book. We have been reading about different cultures and beliefs lately and this tale of creation seemed like it would fit in very well. Unfortunately it didn't make for a very good read-aloud (my children are Good Story, Not So Good Presentation - a review of "Remaking the Earth" The Invisible Pam I so wanted to like this book. We have been reading about different cultures and beliefs lately and this tale of creation seemed like it would fit in very well. Unfortunately it didn't make for a very good read-aloud (my children are 4 and 6); and consequently wasn't very popular.I tried reading it for my own enjoyment, being interesting in such matters, but can't really give i. and 6); and consequently wasn't very popular.I tried reading it for my own enjoyment, being interesting in such matters, but can't really give i
In this Algonquin "Earth Diver" creation myth, woven from the ideas of several traditional tales, the water birds and animals left behind when the old world was flooded dive for mud so that the Creator can make dry land again.
Many fail, but Coot succeeds. Moore, Louisville Free Public Library, KYCopyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. . He teaches people to hunt, cook with fire, and to make clothes. Finally, he tells Bull Buffalo to push against the mountains; when Bull Buffalo dies, "the mountains will break apart and the waters will flood in once again, and then Earth Maker will make another world." Elements are drawn from the myths of many tribes of the Great Plains, including the Blackfoot and Arapaho. Earth Maker places the mud on Grandmother Turtle's back to make a world covered with creations from his imagination?from birds to buffaloes to people. The story is supplemented by asterisked information, which, although interesting, is not attributed to particular tribes and detracts from the flow of