HIST 1501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Columbian Exchange, Columbian Exchange, Creation Myth
Document Summary
No one really knows for sure when america was rst discovered. The connection between the old and new worlds. Myth: stories, may be true or false (or a combination) Creation (or foundation) myths: the stories people tell about how they think they got to be what they think they are. Lenape viewed the world as riding on the back of a giant turtle. Many creation stories start off as a dark world with no plant, animals, or light until some event happens and creates it. In a kiowa story, sayn-day lived in a dark place with no people or animals, until animals came from the cottonwood tree and populated the area. In a kwa-kiulth story the world rst emerged with a great ood, and the sea monster became the rst man to live on the land. Their world was dark and unfurnished, until raven, a bird gave the world light and beauty.
