Reading A: Native American Marriage Tales

I decided to read Native American Marriage Tales this week because it sounded like it would be an interesting topic to read about.

My favorite story was the Bear-Woman and Deer-Woman. I really liked this story because it was written exactly like a story would be told. It is not very detailed but it has a lot of content. The lesson behind the story seems to be kind of like the old saying "do unto others what you would do unto yourself." The bear mother killed the deer woman and in return the deer children killed the bear woman. It is kind of morbid how the lesson went about but makes complete sense. It is interesting though because it seems like the bears and the deers are somehow related or are at least close friends. If I were to change the story I would probably do something similar but use humans that wronged each other, or at least something along those lines.

Bear and Deer