Covered in Mud
In the traditions of the Muscogee Creek people of the Southeastern United States, the being known as Covered in Mud appears in stories about the creation and ordering of the world. The Muscogee believe that in the beginning the earth was covered entirely by water, and the only land was a single muddy hill that grew from the depths. Covered in Mud is one of the primordial beings that emerged from this original mud, carrying with it the creative potential of the fertile earth. This being features in the Muscogee migration narratives and ceremonial cycles, representing the connection between the