American Literature / Unit 3 AML 0205 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Pima Story of Creation
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The idea
The Pima account begins with no earth, no water and no light, only a person floating in darkness: the Doctor of the Earth. Having wandered enough, he rubs his breast and rubs out a greasy earth from the perspiration, and from that handful the world is made.
In practice
One figure, rubbing out a world.
Where people slip
Creation from a body, not from water.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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