MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE BLOG, SPRING 2021

 Main Characters: Rabbit Tashka and Walo The Sun and Moon Secondary Characters: Other animals, due to non-continuous stories Important things to remember: Two More Rabbit Stories Rabbit and Panther Rabbit was very boastful, and wanted to be a medicine man He set up shop on top of a hill, made a path to the hill and gave a shot to his wife He began to boast about how fast he was and sang if a panther came he could run away fast A panther heard his boasting, and hid by the path, and sprung on the rabbit when he came by and before the boastful rabbit could speak he was eaten by the panther Rabbit and Bear Rabbit had his friend Bear over to his brier patch and fed him cane to eat Bear had Rabbit to his tree dwelling to eat next, and fed Rabbit black bugs Rabbit made a comment about the quality of the food, so Bear said he would kill Rabbit Once Rabbit escaped, he told Bear that whenever the dogs hunted him, he would lead them to the home of the Bear so they would shoot Bear Why Deer Ne...

 Main Characters: A god figure in many different forms Manabush Secondary Characters: People and animals of the earth Important things to remember: The Earth-Maker The Earth-Maker was sad there was nothing, so he created a piece of earth from what he was sitting on, then creating grass and a man named Tortoise Tortoise made war on earth, so he took him back and sent a Hare instead Creation The Creator of All Things had no eyes but could see all, and he created earth underwater with fish first A crawfish brought up the mud to make land, and man was created Man was created before woman, giving man tobacco The Creator gave them bows and arrows, taught them to make fire and to honor bones The animals were smarter than man and gave them council The Great Flood A new world was made when Manabush balled the earth and tossed it into the water In the new world, many men went as animals to the Sky-World and came back with many new gifts from above The Origin of Tobacco and Maple Sugar Tobacc...