A Native American Creation Story

This story is adapted from Native American (Red Indian) stories of creation.

Earthmaker began to think about what he should do and in the end he began to cry, tears flowing from his eyes and falling down to where they became bright objects, seas formed from his tears.

Earthmaker thought, 'Anything I wish will happen just as I wish it'.

He wished for light - it happened.

He wished for earth and earth was formed.

Speaking for the first time, he said 'I shall make a being like myself' and he took some earth and made it just like himself.

He spoke to the creature, but it gave no answer. He looked closely, saw it had no mind and made a mind for it. But when he spoke to it, still it did not answer.

He made it a tongue and spoke to it, but still it did not answer.

He saw it had no soul, so he made it a soul, and talked to it ... and it very nearly said something, but failed to make itself understood.

So Earthmaker breathed into its mouth and spoke to it ... and it answered.

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