The Ute Creation Story Revolves Around the Creator, Known as Sinawav

The Ute Creation Story Revolves Around the Creator, Known as Sinawav
Q1. The Ute creation story revolves around the Creator, known as Sinawav, who began by creating the sun to fill the void and later fashioned rain and snow to cool the sun’s heat. He then dug a hole in the heavens and poured the rain and snow into the ditch (TEDx Talks, 2016). Sinawav lowered himself into the pit and the sun melted the snow to form the rivers and stream. From these, he created the fish, and later from the leaves of the green earth, he created the animal nation. Sinawav had a magic bag with twigs in it and from these came out humans after the mischievous coyote cut the bag open (Southern Ute Indian Tribe, 2022).
Q2. The story progresses in chronological order and there is some foreshadowing of the Coyote’s deceitful action. It is set in the pre-creation setting: there is nothing else in the universe except the Creator and his creations.
Q3. The setting is symbolic in that it establishes Sinawav as the creator of everything. It also impacts the actions of the Coyote: he was able to incite the other animals against each other and even rebelled against the Creator.
Q4. In the creation story, the protagon...