Muscogee Creation: Emergence from the Lower World (Creek)
In Muscogee Creek belief, the cosmos is divided into three worlds: the Upper World (home of Hesaketvmesē, the Maker of Breath, along with the Sun, Moon, and Thunder), the Middle World (where humans live), and the Lower World (inhabited by the Tie Snake and the Horned Serpent). Human beings first emerged from beneath the earth in the West and journeyed eastward. The Creator, Hesaketvmesē, also called Epohfvnkv ('the One Above'), spoke to and guided the Muscogee on their journey. The Middle World exists as the balance between the order of the Upper World and the chaos of the Lower World. This tr