1. Oral Traditions Across Cultures
For the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico the oral tradition of storytelling is an intricate part of their culture. ... In the actual emergence story the badger and the antelope literally opened the entrance to the "Fifth World-, or the Earth, to allow the humans to emerge, illustrating their interdependence and relation to the animals of the Earth. "It was necessary for the badger with her long claws to assist the antelope, and at last the opening was enlarged enough so that the people were able to emerge up into the Fifth World. ...
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