The Creation as the Maidu Told It (coyote streching print)

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• Indiana State University

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Created by Púktim. Text: “all right,” said coyote. “I won’t look up.”/He lay down on his belly Stretching the land out, little by little, toward where the sun rises/he pushed it with his foot as far as he could. /stretching it around, little by little, toward the north country. /he pushed it with his foot as far as he could. /stretching it around, little by little, toward where the sun goes down, /he pushed it with his food as far as he could. Stretching it around on all sides, little by little, /he pushed it with his foot as far as he could. /and then, he said “Enough!” and jumped up. /he stepped along hither, to somewhere around here. And then, Earthmaker was standing there along. Standing there, they say he went somewhere to the south. /he went travelling along Afterwards, going across the rim of the world/to somewhere near where the sun floats away, /he came elsewhere, into a different part of the country, /travelling always from one place to another/ and, when he had gone toward where the sun rises, he came to a place where he had once turned aside before, /and he stopped an got things ready Then, he made creatures, two by two He made a pure white creature/and then he made another one which, though also white/was a little different.