The Choctaw speak of a great mound, Nanih Wiya, from which the Great
Spirit created the first of their people, who then crawled through a
cave into the light of day.
Kiowa
The Kiowa's name themselves, kwuda, meaning "coming out" which refers
to a story about ancestors who ascended from the underworld by
climbing through a hollow long. During that journey a pregnant woman
got stuck in the log, preventing others from reaching the earth's
surface-and explaining why the Kiowas were so few in number.
Tewa
In the beginning, the People lived underground in blackness. They did
not know that their world was dark because they had never seen the
sunlight or the blue sky world. After a long time, the People began to
get restless and said to one another, "Is this all the world there is?
Will there never be another world?" The Mole came to visit them,
digging his way along through the darkness with his little paws and
sharp-pointed nails. The old men of the the People asked Mole, "Is
there more of a world than this, friend?" Mole replied, "Follow along
behind me."
Then the People formed themselves into a line behind Mole and he began
to dig his way upward. As Mole clawed away in the earth, the People
took the clay from his paw-hands and passed it back along their line
to get it out of the way. That is why the tunnel that Mole dug upward
was closed behind them and why they could never find their way back to
their old dark world. So ended the story.
Ma Ta, Many of these tales imply the American Indians came from beneath the
earth, and were taught all their skills and knowledge by 'spirit beings.'
"Incorporated into Pueblo tradition were legendary accounts
of the world's beginnings that closely mirrored
the Anasazi's own tribal genesis: somewhere to the north, so
the story was told, the first humans climbed
into the sunlight through a hole in the earth from a sacred
underground place called Sipapu."
I love mythology.
Hazel
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Subject: [allplanets-hollow] Native American Creation Stories
These are just a few that mention hollow earth,,,
Choctaw
The Choctaw speak of a great mound, Nanih Wiya, from which the Great
Spirit created the first of their people, who then crawled through a
cave into the light of day.
Kiowa
The Kiowa's name themselves, kwuda, meaning "coming out" which refers
to a story about ancestors who ascended from the underworld by
climbing through a hollow long. During that journey a pregnant woman
got stuck in the log, preventing others from reaching the earth's
surface-and explaining why the Kiowas were so few in number.
Tewa
In the beginning, the People lived underground in blackness. They did
not know that their world was dark because they had never seen the
sunlight or the blue sky world. After a long time, the People began to
get restless and said to one another, "Is this all the world there is?
Will there never be another world?" The Mole came to visit them,
digging his way along through the darkness with his little paws and
sharp-pointed nails. The old men of the the People asked Mole, "Is
there more of a world than this, friend?" Mole replied, "Follow along
behind me."
Then the People formed themselves into a line behind Mole and he began
to dig his way upward. As Mole clawed away in the earth, the People
took the clay from his paw-hands and passed it back along their line
to get it out of the way. That is why the tunnel that Mole dug upward
was closed behind them and why they could never find their way back to
their old dark world. So ended the story.
