In the tale, a leader of the kingdom lived in Skyland, a land above the clouds over a body of water, with his pregnant wife. In Skyland was a Great Tree, which pointed to the North, South, East and West. The leader's wife dreamed that the mighty tree was toppled. The tree represents the 4 directions on a compass. Having the compass uprooted is a symbol of how life can change in a blink of an eye. Many cultures have ideas on the building of our world, although each idea is different, they often involve two mythical beings coming down from the heavens bringing the world into existence. The Iroquois creation myth, “The World on the Turtle’s Back” is a mythological story on the making of earth. I was entertained reading this story as it was a new angle on the creation of humans that I hadn’t read about before.
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Ultimately the muskrat saves the day by not giving up and being tenacious! The muskrat swam and swam deep down in the body of water to reach the earth below. When the muskrat broke through the surface of the water almost dead, his little hand held the future! He had a handful of earth that he placed on the turtles back, which immediately started to grow and expand into the world as we know it today. Luckily the wife had clenched her fist full of seeds as she fell. When she was set upon the turtle with the soil, she sprinkled the seeds and new plants and trees started to grow
Ultimately the muskrat saves the day by not giving up and being tenacious! The muskrat swam and swam deep down in the body of water to reach the earth below. When the muskrat broke through the surface of the water almost dead, his little hand held the future! He had a handful of earth that he placed on the turtles back, which immediately started to grow and expand into the world as we know it today. Luckily the wife had clenched her fist full of seeds as she fell. When she was set upon the turtle with the soil, she sprinkled the seeds and new plants and trees started to grow