The World on the turtle´s back
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- The woman decided that she wanted some bark from one of the roots of the Great Tree—perhaps as a food or as a medicine, we don’t know. She told her husband this.He didn’t like the idea. He knew it was wrong. But she insisted, and he gave in. So he dug a hole among the roots of this great sky tree, and he bared some of its roots. Butt he floor of the Sky-World wasn’t very thick, and he broke a hole through it. He was terrified, for he had never expected to find empty space underneath the world.¨
- ¨When the woman recovered from her shock and terror, she looked around her.All that she could see were the birds and the sea creatures and the sky and the ocean.¨
- ¨Within the girl’s body, the twins began to argue and quarrel with one another.There could be no peace between them. As the time approached for them to be born, the twins fought about their birth. The right-handed twin wanted to be born in the normal way, as all children are born. But the left-handed twin said no. He said he saw light in another direction, and said he would be born that way. The right-handed twin beseeched him not to, saying that he would kill their mother. But the left-handed twin was stubborn. He went in the direction where he saw light. But he could not be born through his mother’s mouth or her nose.He was born through her left armpit, and killed her. And meanwhile, the right-handed twin was born in the normal way, as all children are born.¨
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