Anishinaabeg · Ojibway
What the turtle carries
A relative of the flood story. This time the new earth stays on someone’s back.
In many nations these are winter stories — aadizookaanan — told when the snow is down and the thunder beings are resting. If that is your protocol, wait. This page will still be here.
This is a relative of the Cree flood story. It is not the same story. Do not sand them down into one tale. Among the , the one who asks the animals to dive is . The water is everywhere. The divers fail, and then they don’t.
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An English narrator turns the pages with you. Names are an approximation. Trust the spelling on the page.
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