Sedna

            This creation myth is a secretion myth. It’s a secretion myth because when Sedna is holding onto the kayak with her hands her father cuts her fingers three times. Each time he cuts her fingers, some type of sea animal is created and swims away. “Sedna’s father, crazed by his own fears, took his sharp fishing knife and cut off Sedna’s fingers from her nails down to the first joint. As her fingertips fell into the waves, her nails became whalebone, and her flesh became whales. They quickly swam away, very much at home in the tumultuous sea.” (p. 4). “when she grabbed onto the kayak again her father cu her fingers from her first joint to the middle joint. “As her bones and flesh fell into the waves, these pieces of her fingers became ringed seals. Like the whales, they quickly swam away, very much at home in the tumultuous sea. She grabbed onto the kayak again and her dad cut her fingers again. He cut off the last of Sedna’s fingers with one blow and with the next blow took off her thumbs. “As her bones and flesh fell into the waves, these pieces of her fingers became bearded seals, while her thumbs became walruses. Like the whales and the ringed seals, the walruses quickly swam out to sea. However, the bearded seals swam in search of the nearest shore on which to make their home.” (p. 4).

There was a lot of repetition as well as the number four to show direction. The number four has to do with the number of animals created by Sedna’s fingers being cut off and falling to the sea.