In the stories we read there was creation and a lot of determination. As you see in this pictures this little tree is growing next to a bigger tree. This little tree represents the creation that happen in the stories and the determin it will need as it grows next to the mature tree, as what Juhwetamahkai and (the good mind) brother had; determination.
In the Pima creation story, Juhwetamahkai was determined to make the sun, by trying to create ice and put it in the sky, as said in the story, "he placed it in North, but it did not work; then he placed it in the West, but it did not work; then he placed it in the South, but it did not work; then he placed in the East and there it worked as he wanted it to" (Norton, 23). He kept trying until it worked; determination.
In the Iroquois creation story, the good mind was determined to create the world with or without his brother's (the bad mind) help, "the good mind was not contednted to remain in a dark situation, and he was anxious to create a great light in the dark world; but the bad mind was desirous that the world should remain in a natural state" (Norton, 19). In which he did so, but resulted in a fight to which led to his brother's death.
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