Hundreds of years ago the Zuni people created and told stories of human
and world creations, tales of love and lust, and just about anything
"that gave people an explanation for something they could not
understand" (Gaarder 25). They made up all these legends or myths
before there was anything called science. The stories came from the
heart and soul of these native people. Legends are not just silly
stories that were told for amusement they are like magic lenses, they
allow us to have a glimpse of social orders and the daily life of how
the Indians interpreted things long ago. One legend of the Zuni tribe
tells the tale of the sun and the moon and how these two heavenly bodies
came into being. The legend is called "Coyote Steals the Sun and Moon."
The story begins when an out of luck Coyote can never seem to kill
anything. He watches Eagle catch rabbit after rabbit with all the
ease. He decides to go to Eagle with a proposition. Coyote told Eagle
that they......

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Title: Zuni Indian Mythology
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