Creation Myths and Legends of the Creek Indians
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Title
Creation Myths and Legends of the Creek Indians
Subject
The creation stories, myths, and migration legends of the Creek Indians who once populated southeastern North America.
Creator
Bill Grantham
Publisher
University of Florida Press
Date
2002
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Pages displayed by permission of University Press of Florida.
Format
Google Books
Language
English
Type
Book
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https://books.google.com/books?id=OENl21sHqyIC&printsec=copyright&source=gbs_pub_info_r#v=onepage&q&f=false
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"According to the Chickasaws, the earth was already once destroyed by a flood: 'the water covered all the earth; that some made rafts to save themselves; but something like large white beavers would cut the strings off the raft and drown them.... They say when, (or before,) the world will be destroyed by fire, it will rain down blood and oil.' ... That these stories show considerable Christian influence is obvious; it is likely, however, that flood stories and apocalyptic prophesies existed among the Creeks before the arrival of Christianity" (Grantham, 19).
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Citation
Bill Grantham, “Creation Myths and Legends of the Creek Indians,” Grapes of Wrath, accessed May 19, 2024, https://grapesofwrath.sfsuenglishdh.net/items/show/199.