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Cultural Analysis of the Corn Mother Myth

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a few words should be said to preface the tale. One is that corn is seen to the people who lived in the east as an all-nourishing sacred food ("Corn"  PG). Attached to the vegetables are sacred legends and corn is a central theme of various rituals (PG). The legend of the Corn  Mother begins when Kloskurbeh lived on Earth, when there were no people; he is also considered the "all-maker" ("Corn" PG). Someone who belongs to a Judeo-Christian faith might call him  God. He purportedly made the world. However, one day when the sun had been high in the sky, a young person appeared and called him "Uncle, brother of my mother"  (PG). The young man had been born from the waves but it was actually the suns warmth that allowed him to live (PG).  The young man lived with Kloskurbeh and was his primary helper ("Corn" PG). A beautiful girl, who was born on Earth, once approached them and claimed to be  in love (PG). They were appreciative and soon afterwards, the Great Nephew, married her and the girl conceived and so became the First Mother (PG). Kloskurbeh, the Great Uncle,  taught humans what they needed to know, and also taught their children how to survive (PG). He then went away and only vowed to return if he was once again  needed (PG). From the first mother would come more people and soon they became numerous and they lived by hunting ("Corn" PG). Soon,  there was no more to hunt and the people were starving and went to the first mother to get help and she realized that the only thing the people could