According to the Iroquois legend of creation, the origin of the moon is explained in the following passage:
"Then the woman cast her eyes behind her and saw a bright object descending from the sky. As it came nearer, she perceived that it was a great ball of light, and during the season that the child was within her, this ball of light grew larger and larger until at last it fell upon the earth between her and the tree."
This passage identifies the bright object that descended from the sky as the origin of the moon. It cites how the woman saw the object and describes it as a great ball of light. The passage also explains how the ball of light grew larger and larger during the woman's pregnancy, eventually falling to the earth.
This origin of the moon is directly connected to the life-cycle of the woman in the Iroquois Creation Story. The moon's growth and descent mirrors the growth of the woman's child within her. Just as the ball of light grows larger during her pregnancy, so does her child develop and grow inside her. The falling of the moon to the earth can symbolize the birth of her child, marking the completion of the life-cycle from pregnancy to the birth of a new life.
Directions: After reading through the Iroquois legend of creation, answer the following questions using the evidence-citing strategy, I.C.E. (Identify/Cite/Explain). Answers should forever and always be developed in complete sentences.
Through citing, explain the origin of the moon and directly connect this to the life-cycle of one of the characters in the Iroquois Creation Story.
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