Week 9, Reading Diary: British North America continued

Story source: Myths and Legends of British North America by Katharine Berry Judson (1917).


Turtle and Thunder - The story about how a turtle was struck by lightning but didn't know what it was. He called for help and asked several animals to show their strength. He decided that some little turtles were the ones to be able to help him. Then his little turtle friends were struck by a rock that had fell on them. After finding out that the Thunderbird caused it, out of fear the turtle decided to stay in the water whenever a thunderstorm is near.

Turtle

Nanebojo and the Geese - Nanebojo wanted to catch some ducks and had his grandmother make him a sack. He took the sack to a hill near the lake and climbed inside it. He rolled down the hill, laughing the whole time. He held the ducks interest and soon they wanted a turn. He also got the attention of some geese, who also wanted to try. This was a cute story how he eventually tricked the geese to getting into the bag and he carried them home.

the Geese

Week 9, Reading Diary: British North America

Story source: Myths and Legends of British North America by Katharine Berry Judson (1917).

This week's stories were primarily origin stories.

 Coyote

 
Grizzly Bear and Coyote -  I enjoyed this story about a grizzly bear who wanted it dark all the time and a coyote who wanted light. The coyote was great at tricking the grizzly bear to agreeing that the sun was around half the year and the dark half the year.

Grizzly Bear

Why the sun is bright - This was a story about how you were originally able to look at the sun. A boy had a robe made of bird plumage that was really bright. The sun wore one that was made of goatskin. The sun traded the boy robes and now because of the bright robe made of bright bird plumage, the sun is now too bright to look at.