Monday, December 17, 2012

Chelan

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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