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The Precious Gift
A Navaho Creation Myth
By Jackson, Ellen B. & Hubbard, Woodleigh
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68980-480-9
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1996.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 1996
Gr 1-3 The creation myth of the Dineh is extremely complex. Jackson retells a variant of a small portion of it: the bringing of water to the arid Earth. First Man sends out a number of water-searching parties. Beaver and Otter play and forget their task: for this, they are condemned to ."..live in the swampy areas of lakes and never know the pleasure of clear, fresh water." Frog and Turtle try their best, but the spring Frog finds is dirty, so First Man tells them t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
