Reading notes Week 2:The Creation,Part A

The story The Creation by Maidu  the theme seems to revolve around “creation”in which the author is describing how the world became to be. In addition to that how creatures, humans,  and other living organisms became to be. If you think about it the characters names of the story do you make the difference on how you can look at it. For example “Earth maker”  the author had named this character to be specific on who actually made the Earth. He wanted land so badly that he started to create in which land people and other things became to be. So he was named Earth maker. On the other hand there is another character named coyote in which this is the earth makers partner when creating the world. He seems quite nice given the circumstances of his name because coyotes are dangerous animals and people try to avoid them as much as possible. So his name is a bit questionable. As for the setting it's obviously the Earth before it was created because we author wanted to show the beginning of the Earth to the creation of what it will become. We dig a little deeper we can see that the Earth maker has said “ Then they will have young both female and male”(29). Kind of getting the sense of how God the Creator wanted everything to be especially when it comes to the gender roles and the two of everything being made.

Citation: Maidu, "The Creation",(29)