Reading Diary A: Southwestern and California Legends

Southwestern and California Legends

Three Coyote Creation Stories: 

• The coyote was always going the good things 
• And the Eagle came along and helped finish it up
• I like the super short stories

Creation of The World:

• How did these random people just appear
• I like how it showed how things were created
• Its interesting how they described all the things and how they came about

The Great Fire / The Origin of Light:

• Magpies is a weird word
• Sticks turning into men and women is a weird concept
• I can't imagine there not being any light 
• I like how they distinguished why the sun is brighter than the moon

Old Man Above and The Grizzlies:

• People always do exactly as they are told to do in these stories except the little daughter in this story
• I like the rebel
• Old man had a lot of power it seems

The Creation of Man-kind and the Flood:

• I like the idea of magic crystals it reminds me of a magic ball
• The names in the story are so boring, and not really names at all just types of people
• The first person to appear after the flood was named the ruler

The Great Flood:

• I picture the stars coming out of the bag being pretty
• He opened the bag even though he wasn't supposed to 
• Got in trouble but still managed to keep some of the stars

The Fable of the Animals:

• Fishes in the big water made me laugh instead of saying ocean
• Never thought of how animals knew what to eat 
• All the animals laughed but man still took pity on the coyote

The Course of the Sun:

• I can't even pronounce the spiders name, but I like how it has stayed the same through out these stories
• How is the sun the spiders son
• I like how it talks about eating for when the sun stops

The Theft of Fire:

• Karoks?
• How do you steal fire?
• I can just picture all these animals running as fast as the can with fire on the end of a stick hanging out of their mouth

Coyote and the Tortillas / Coyote and the Mesquite Beans:

• Why would someone put a basket of tortillas on their head? To carry it easier maybe?
• The women was pretty clever to be standing on a stump
• Shouldn't do what you are told not to do is the moral of that last story