Yokut
The myth Yokut is an earth-diver
myth. Yokut is an earth-diver myth because Eagle and Crow were unable to dive
to the sea and get mud but the Duck was able to. In exchange for getting mud
for Eagle and Crow to make more land, they gave Duck fish to eat. The more fish
they paid Duck in the more mud he brought up from the sea. Their new land was
growing very fast and they built two-halves of the new world with just the
three of them. Since Eagle’s half was very much taller than Crows half, many
say that Eagle’s land became Sierra Nevada Mountains. Crows half was known as
the Coast Mountain Range.
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