Big Water Creature and the Great Flood

legend · United States · North American

In the Third World, after the reunion of men and women, a mother and her two daughters missed the raft crossing and swam the river. Big Water Creature (Tééhoołtsódii) seized the daughters and dragged them underwater. Talking God and Water Sprinkler created bowls of white and blue shell that spun an opening to an underwater house. First Man and First Woman rescued the girls while Coyote (First Angry) stole Big Water Creature's own two children. In retaliation, Big Water Creature sent a great flood from all directions. The people fled to the sacred mountain Sisnaajiní, where First Man planted th

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