Space and a Place
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and a Place There is a Season and a Time for Every Purpose Under Heaven ^ Back when Chaos ruled over creation and “the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep … God said, ‘Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear,’” 1 so Crawfish dove to the bottom of the watery depth to retrieve mud to make dry land. Upon Crawfish’s return, Hawk fanned out his wings to dry the wet earth but his wings were too small so the earth remained soft and pliable. To harden it, Buzzard used his larger wings, 2 and “from the soil,” Hesakadum Esee, the Breathmaker, 3 “breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being.” 4 1 Genesis 1:2-9. 2 Muskogee creation myth, Joel W. Martin, Sacred Revolt, p. 22. 3 Ibid., p. 24. 4 Genesis 2:5.
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and a PlaceThere is a Season and a Time for Every Purpose Under Heaven
^Back when Chaos ruled over creation and “the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep … God said, ‘Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear,’”1 so Crawfish dove to the bottom of the watery depth to retrieve mud to make dry land. Upon Crawfish’s return, Hawk fanned out his wings to dry the wet earth but his wings were too small so the earth remained soft and pliable. To harden it, Buzzard used his larger wings, 2 and “from the soil,” Hesakadum Esee, the Breathmaker,3 “breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being.”4
1 Genesis 1:2-9.2 Muskogee creation myth, Joel W. Martin, Sacred Revolt, p. 22. 3 Ibid., p. 24.4 Genesis 2:5.
