Native American Myths

After reading this excerpt, I must admit that I am intrigued by the Native American culture, more so than the Native American myths. I have discovered that their beliefs and how they perceive the world are all fascinating and fun to learn about. What intrigues me the most is that they give nature spiritual meaning and human-like characteristics. They give life and purpose to things that most people in modern society, such as those who live in urban places, don't appreciate as much or even bother to take a glance at. They give things such as the sun and water value, and they treat them with great respect. They also use animals for story-telling and give them human-like characters so that they are more relate-able to children and even adults. I enjoyed the myths that were shared in the excerpt and my favorite one was "When Grizzlies Walked Upright", which tells a tale explaining why grizzly bears now walk on all fours, assuming that they used to walk on two feet like humans. They humanized the sky, which I found to be cool throughout the story, and also made the sky the creator of all things, which reminded me of God or a God-like title. I feel like these myths were solely meant for entertainment, regarding to the obvious fiction aspect of it, but then again there are laws beyond science that say otherwise; these tales could have taken place in some point of time and we would never really know it.