The human-like flaws that were shown in this story are how rebellious people can be to elder but they don’t realize that listening to elders would be the best thing to do. The Sky Spirit also had a trait of revenge upon the people who were disobeying him.

This story could be retold in many different ways, but with the same moral. To understand past mistake for the future, or to understand how culture like the small things, and how it can be super important. Valuing this means honoring the elders, pretty much

The Sky Spirit showed human traits by wanting revenge. The lessons learned are that you should obey and not let your curiosity get you in trouble, especially if you were warned.

That is so weird! And to think my dog is named after the same mountain.

Brittle means cisp or hard but easy to break.It is just in the story by saying the weather is crisp.

Brittle- Brittle has many different meanings, there’s the brittle which in food terms is a crunchy snack often associated with sweets, for example a peanut brittle, but in this case it means fragile or easy to break.

Brittle: easily broken or cracked.
This is used to describe how cold it was.

How does that work? I don’t get a lot of these tales.

I’m curious as to why all the animals were made from the fragments of the Sky God’s walking stick. I wonder if it has any symbolic meaning?

I think the word brittle in this passage would be like fragile or maybe even small?

Actual meaning
Brittle: Having a sharp tense

I think this is a right word for the passage because it helps understand the setting in the moment.

I love the imagery in this scene!

The imagery here is very awesome! It’s like how God created the Earth.

This scene is very beautiful to imagine. It’s almost kind of inspiring. There’s something very special and magical about the new Earth blossoming, growing, and filling up with life.

In my honest opinion, the imagery is magnificent and really creates a picture in my head.

The bears are described as how they are today but the bears in this story could talk to people, making this story kind of like a fable.

My questions for the passage so far is, How come only one Spirit God made all animals and earth? Do they believe in another spirit who told them how one Sky Spirit made this world? The story is actually pretty cool, I was just interested

Why did the Sky Spirit make the bears look so mean if he was going to send them away for looking so mean? That’s kinda mean. It’s like saying “Hey, I just made but you look mean so go away now.”

Did the Sky Spirit think the bears were dangerous?

If the Chief of the sky spirits made the snow go to Earth, because he was unhappy with the snow and cold in the sky, why did he move to Mount Shasta where it was also cold and snowy?

The first time I read through, I completely missed the fact that they were referencing a volcano; what a smart way to introduce it. :)

I like how there is now 2 interactions with Spirits, telling the story as if one owns one part of mother nature. This making it more realistic, from historic information.

That sounds like the guy is making some kind of volcano.

I think he shows some human characteristics here because usually if someone makes something their are proud of, they will want to show it off.

Why did the Wind Spirit start the storm?

The Sky Spirit should have gone to talk with the Wind Spirit, rather than send his youngest daughter to speak to the spirit. Though, I understand that it might bring around some pity points, but he potentially put her life in danger when he would have gone and spoken to the other spirit himself.

I think this section displays some of the Native American values by showing that even gods make mistakes. Similar to Greek Mythology, I feel like the Native Americans would put their characters in situations that purposely displayed their bad qualities in a way that furthers the story. They show if no mistake is made, then nothing is learned.

What does tile mean, used in this context?

How would the Sky Spirit be afraid of the Wind Spirit’s storm? The Sky Spirit is a spirit. He wouldn’t be afraid of anything.

What is up with the storm? Why can’t you just ask the other guy?

Is there a reason that the Sky Spirit sent his daughter to talk to Wind Spirit?

Scrubby: small or poor quality

So I’m guessing the trees she fell on were small.

Scrubby: small and not growing. It is used to describe the condition of the tree.

It was nice and all that they took the girl in but you would think that they would take some initiative to at least try to find the girls real family.

I agree with Kaleb, this change in the story sounds like the start of a myth to Sasquatch or Bigfoot

That just sounds wrong. What about the girls father?

If so much time had passed, why would he thing that his daughter would look the same?

I’m wondering why he got mad over the new creatures because he was not the one to form the world originally. Remember before, he just carved a hole to push all the snow out, although he was not the solitary creator of this world; the world he used to put the snow on was preexisting. So my question is, why would the Sky god get mad that new creatures were made on a world that he didn’t solely create?

Sternly-being firm or strict. It’s used in this context to show how angry the Spirit Chief was.

Promptly means quickly, or immediately. Meaning that she immediately died just from his frown.

Stern- in the text, stern means strictly or aggressively.

I think the Sky Spirit was angry even though the bears were trying to be nice by taking care of his daughter.

It’s my understanding that Mt. Shasta is in California, but I wonder what people specifically this myth comes from.

The word cast according to the text may mean to spell or sent out? I conclude this with the sentence before and after.

Actual meaning
Cast: To throw or hurt

Cast in this text meant to hurt someone for not honoring native tribal expectations, almost.

The grizzlies are very valued in Native American cultures as well as the belief that the bodies should just be burned and a rock to be left at the spot the person died instead of a proper burial.

Disobeying your parents will result in disaster in your life, and jealousy will cause destruction.

One of the main values expressed in this story is the value of obeying your elders and parents.

The Chief of the Sky Spirits got of the Above World because it was cold so he made moved all of the snow below to the earth through a hole, creating Mount Shasta. He then took his walking stick, broke it into pieces which turned into animals. One the animals was the bear that could walk and talk like people. The Sky Spirit put them in the woods. The Sky Spirit then built a lodge in the mountain and brought his family there. One night the Wind Spirit was blowing extra hard and the Sky Spirit told his daughter to tell the Wind Spirit to take it down a notch but not to go outside the lodge because she might get blown away. The daughter climbed to the top of the lodge and peeked her head out to see the ocean and was blown away. She was adopted by a family of grizzlies, married one, and had bear people kids. The grandmother grizzly wanted to apologize to the Sky Spirit for keeping his daughter before she died. The Sky Spirit came to the bears, killed the grandmother with a frown, cursed the bears not to talk and walk on four legs, and took his daughter back to the Above World where they remained ever since. The bear people children became the first Indians.

This story is about how the Sky Spirit created things in the “Earth” to bring peace to it. But then, things started to get out of control with his daughter bearing with half-human half-bear children and the Sky Spirit got so furious with them that he cursed them. But then they realized how the bears brought peace to the world and that’s why Indians should not kill a bear.

A girl was blown away from her house, where she was found by a family of grizzlies. They took her in and cared for her. She married a bear and had bear/person kids with it. And eventually the sky spirit found out that his daughter was alive, so he went to see her. He thought she would be the same as she was when he lost her, but she was all grown up and had children. This made the sky spirit mad, so he cursed all bears to always walk on four legs and to never speak again. And since indians believe bears were their ancestors, they would never kill one.

This passage is about how our choices and emotions can lead to trouble.

Here is my paraphrase:
Once, when no humans existed, there was the earth and the Above World. The Chief of this world desired to live somewhere warmer. So, one day, he created a huge mountain — it is presently called “Mount Shasta” — using the snow from the Above World. He traveled down this mountain, creating animals, fish, rivers, trees, and more along the way. One of his biggest creations was grizzly bears who were human-like. These he sent to the forests which were located at the bottom of the mountain. The Chief was so satisfied with this new world that he moved his family from the Above World to the mountain. They lived inside of the mountain. One day, there was a terrible windstorm. The Chief was frightened, so he decided to send his daughter to the inside of the tip of the mountain where there was a hole to let the smoke from their fire escape. He told his daughter to try to make the windstorm come to an end. He warned her to not let any of her head out of the hole because the wind would catch her hair in its gusts and take her away from the mountain. The girl tried to end the storm, but her curiosity overtook her, and she peeked out of the mountain. Immediately, the wind swept her hair up and took her away to the bottom of the mountain. A grizzly bear was hunting there, and he found the girl and took her home. The girl was raised by a mother bear alongside her cubs. When the girl had grown into a woman, she married a bear. They had half-bear and half-spirit children. Years later, the mother bear realized that her life was almost over. She sent one of the grandsons to ask the Chief for forgiveness for having his daughter stay with them. The Chief left the mountain, but became filled with rage when he discovered that his daughter was no longer a little girl. He became extremely jealous when he saw that his daughter had started a new race that he had not started himself. He caused the mother bear to die. He cursed his grandchildren, resulting in them now acting like bears and no longer acting like humans. He forced his daughter to return to the mountain with him, and they have not been seen or heard from since.

It is about how the Sky Spirit everything and then had his family come see his work. Then the Wind Spirit was making a terrible wind storm so the Sky Spirit sent his daughter to take to the Wind Spirit about calming the wind down. As the girl was about to head back to her family she stuck her head out and the wind caught her hair and flew her down to where a bear found her. The bear took her to his family. The bears and the girl grew up together. Once they were all grown up, the oldest bear son and the girl got married and had lots of kids. When the the mama bear was about to die she sent her oldest grandchild to see the Sky Spirit to tell him that they had his daughter. When the Sky Spirit heard that he cam to see but what he saw was a creature that he had not created so he got angry. He told the bears they were to walk on their hands and feet and were never to talk again. He sent his grandchildren out into the wilderness and carried his daughter back with him.

This passage is about the chief of the sky spirits and how bears had been forced to walk on all fours and lost the ability to speak. The passage also brushes up lightly on the idea of the Native Americans’ ancestry.

The Sky Spirit came down to Earth and created animals with pieces of his walking stick. He brought his family down and there was a storm. He sent his daughter to talk to the Wind Spirit. She was blown away and the bears took care of her. She married one of the bears and had children. The Sky Spirit found her and punished the bears. The Sky Spirit’s grandchildren became the descendant of Indians.

This story shows the Native American’s values of life by showing the reaction and consequence of decisions made by their ancestors.

I think that the values shown in this story are rebellion, anger, honor, and peaceful.

I think that the values this illustrates are present in the culture are:

1. Curiosity is a dangerous thing.
2. You should always obey your parents.
3. You should never let jealousy overtake you.
4. The chief of any tribe, world, etc. should be in charge of everything.

This story shows the cause and effect of the decisions that are made.

I believe the values expressed in the story that should still be practiced in today’s society is obedience to adults.

I think this values anger, obedience and curiosity.