This Island, the World on the Turtle's Back
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William N. Fenton
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 75, no. 298, October-December 1962, pp. 283-300
Description
Focuses on the Earth-grasper myth or Woman who fell from the Sky, one of the creation stories common to the nations of the Haudenosaunee confederacy and considers the themes and motifs contained therein as a lens for studying the cultures of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca peoples.