The Plesiosaur Site - Creation Myths

31. An Evenk (Mongolian) Creation Myth
Creation of the Middle World
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Long ago Father Heaven had two sons, Ulgen Tenger and Erleg Khan, Ulgen became the lord of the upper world and Erleg Khan became the lord of the lower world. At that time the earth was covered with water, there was no land. Ulgen Tenger asked the loon to bring up mud from below the water to create land, he was not able to do so, and he was punished by having his legs broken so he could not walk, and the goldeneye duck was called next to bring up land. The duck created a small piece of land that Ulgen was able to lay on. Erleg Khan seeing that his brother had fallen asleep on the new land, tried to pull the land out from under him, but instead the land stretched out in all directions as he pulled it. Next, Ulgen Tenger created animals and humans out of mud and he spread them out to dry. He created the dog to keep watch over the bodies of the new humans while he was gone. Erleg Khan, unhappy to see that his brother was creating humans, came to see the new bodies. The dog would not let him come close, at that time the dog could talk but had no fur. It was cold, and snowing, so Erleg Khan tempted him, saying that if the dog allowed him to see the humans' bodies he would give him a beautiful fur coat. The dog agreed, and was given a shiny beautiful coat. Erleg Khan then spat on the bodies so that humans would have diseases and not be immortal. When Ulgen returned he saw that the dog had fur and that the humans had been damaged, so he punished the dog by making his coat smelly, taking away his voice, and by making the dog follow humans in order to get its food.

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32. Blood Creation Myth
(Canadian tribe which belongs to the Blackfoot Confederacy.)
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Napioa (Old Man - the creator) sat on a log floating on the first waters. He sent the fish, the frog, the lizard, and the turtle to get whatever it was beneath the waters. The only one to return was the turtle, which carried some mud in his mouth. Napioa rolled the mud into a ball, which grew to become the earth. After the earth was made, Napioa made humans, then he made the buffalo, and taught the humans how to hunt them

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33. Nahuatl Creation Myth
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Five worlds have been created, each wth its own sun, and each following upon the death of the preceding one. Ours is the fifth world.

The first world was lit by the sun of earth. The people of this world were disrespectful, so the gods punished them by having jaguars feast upon their flesh. All died, and their sun with them.

The second world was lit by the sun of air. Its people acted unwisely, so the gods had hurricane winds destroy them. Their sun died with them.

The third world was lit by the sun of the rain of fire. These peoples did not honor the gods, nor sacrifice to them, so they were destroyed by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

The fourth world was lit by the sun of water. These humans were greedy, so they were punished by a great flood. The Supreme Being tried to save one couple by ordering them to eat but one ear of corn each per day. This they did till the flood abated and they saw many fish twitching their last upon he dry land. The couple decided to eat of these fish and were then transformed into dogs for their disobedience.

The fifth world is lit by a sun combining the elements of the other four suns (earth, air, fire, and water) and the sacrificial death of two of the gods; Nanautzin, an ugly, disfigured, ostracized god, and now honored as a godly hero, and an unremembered god who acted cowardly before sacrificing himself.

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34. Hidatsa Creation Myth
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Charred Body, our leader, led the 13 clans on a magical arrow that flew down from the world above to this land. Here he bested all kinds of monsters and beasts so that his people could begin their lives as human beings

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