animal and plant traits explained by primordial events

navajo

• Navaho Legends WASHINGTON MATTHEWS. / LEGENDS. / THE NAVAHO ORIGIN LEGEND. / I. THE STORY OF THE EMERGENCE.; lines 2787-2831 confidence: high

  Rising waters threaten the people in the reed; Black Body makes dark clouds to steady it and places a plume at its top near the sky, explaining the reed's plume.

  The passage explains the plume on reeds, holes in locusts' sides, and black badger legs as results of actions during the emergence.

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