I enjoyed the story "Well-Baked Man". The story taught me something about a culture that I don't know much about. It is always good to lean about different cultures and get a new perspective on things. The Native Americans tell this type of story to preserve their culture. This tells the story of how their culture came to be, and this story was passed down for all of their children to learn.In the first paragraph, the Magician forms a piece of clay to look like himself. Since the Native Americans believe that humans and nature are in harmony, it only makes sence that people woukd be made from a part of nature. Also, when I heard that people and animals were interchangeable in Native American stories it made me wonder if the Coyote was actually Coyote.
I know that there are many creation stories out there, but I have not heard many of them. I know there is the story about Eve being born from the rib of Adam and that is how women were made; although, I don't necessarily believe in that myth. I also know of a Norse myth revolving around a land before earth with rivers and heat. From it cows were made, and from the cows, people were created. I don't really remember much from that story, but I thought it was interesting to read about. All-in-all, I don't really know much about creation myths. I enjoyed reading "Well-Baked man for the insight it lent to I culture I didn't even know about.
