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 I just wanted to say how interesting of an experience it was that I focused on modern significances for the Iroquois Sky Woman myth. I will admit that at first I wanted to focus on modern significance for my part in the project because I love the Pokémon Torterra, which is a reference to the concept of a World Turtle. However, it led me down a rabbit hole of research on how the idea of a turtle or a creature holding the earth was such a common concept in creation myths! It's crazy to me how creative myths are in how they explain different concepts. In the case of the world turtle, there's the idea that it makes the earth a living being and explains unpredictable weather and natural disasters as caused by the moving turtle. I also went down a research hole of female characters in media who were similar to the Sky Woman, as in powerful female figures who were slighted by different men in their lives despite their powerful influence or abilities or still had to fit gender stereotypes in spite of their potential. Some video game and anime characters fit the bill, as I found (including a certain spoiler character from Attack on Titan). Needless to say, I learned a lot from studying the Sky Woman myth, even about concepts that are not necessarily directly related to the myth itself! 

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  1. AnonymousOctober 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM

    Hi Eunice!
    I really enjoyed reading your post! You definitely put a lot of thought into your myth and I commend you for it! I also really liked reading about the myth about the Iroquois Sky Woman. It was so riveting and it gave me a new appreciation for so many cultures that rely on myths to explain things in their communities. It also was so nice to see all of the details that went into the myth, and it really encourages you to think about where they come from and how they could have originated. I do know that a lot of it is passed down from generation to generation, but I have always been curious about why or how. I also really liked that the hero was a woman, which is often rare within myths. But native american cultures don’t have a reason to simply showcase only one certain type of hero.
    - Keiry

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  2. Jeremy SuttonOctober 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM

    I'm starting to think maybe I should have picked Turtwig over Piplup fifteen years ago. Maybe if I had I would have learned something about mythology much earlier. But I do also think it's interesting that the idea of a "World Turtle" or even just the concept of a creature upon which the world exists seems to pop-up across cultures. I feel like it speaks to this desire to make sense of the vast, intricate, and interconnected ecosystem that is Earth. From the perspective of someone who lacks geological, ecological, and meteorological knowledge, Earth would appear like a vast and unknowable place (which it is), yet it is undeniably a living system. Personifying that system as a literal beast, like a turtle, allows us to take the abstract and make it familiar. Or maybe, turtles are just cool.

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