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Re: Conreligion

From:Sheets, Jeff <jsheets@...>
Date:Thursday, November 5, 1998, 21:29
[Snipped a lot of interesting conreligious text]

> The Tokana believe that before the Universe began, nothing was > different > from anything else, and everything was nothing. But then Old Eagle > Woman > entered through a hole in the nothingness and began beating her drum. > The beats of her drum became Light, and the silences between the beats > became Darkness, and that's how the Heartbeat of the Universe started. > The mythical First Human Being, a character of indeterminate sex > named Ahkaion, is credited with inventing most of the institutions of > Tokana life (agriculture, animal husbandry, kinship, etc.). Ahkaion > is > a prominent figure in Tokana folktales, where s/he is cast sometimes > as > a trickster character, and sometimes as a tragic hero(ine). > >
Wouldn't they worship the Old Eagle Woman as being the creator of everything they know of? Is there a reason why they don't?
> Matt. > > ------------------------------------ > Matt Pearson > mpearson@ucla.edu > UCLA Linguistics Department > 405 Hilgard Avenue > Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543 > ------------------------------------ >