If you think the North American continent is called Turtle Island because it looks like a turtle, we can say you’re wrong.

Bride, the answer to this question Let’s give it.

The name Turtle Island has its origins in an indigenous creation story in which a turtle is believed to have played a central role in the formation of the continent.

This story was told many years ago when the earth was deeply disturbed. buried in water and darkness It starts with being. In North America, then known as Turtle Island, there were several creatures that could only live in water.

The most notable among these creatures are; muskrats, ducks, beavers and divers. Legend has it that one day these animals saw a bright light coming towards them.

This light is from the Great Spirit, who left an apple tree in a hole he dug after uprooting it from the world they lived in. It was his daughter, known as Creator. The animals, afraid of this light, dived deep into the water.

But when they returned to the surface, they began to worry that the daughter of the Great Spirit would have nowhere to land.

The animals decided to go back underwater to find the land where the Creator would land. While beavers and divers fail and die, muskrats are on the verge of losing their lives. rising to the surface with the ground in his claws He succeeded.

The other animals are muskrats. the ground in his claws on the back of a turtle they posted it. This turtle started growing as soon as it came into contact with the ground. Its size was so great that it was equal to the size of a continent.

This continent was North America. This story continued to spread through the years and people Turtle Island to North America he started to say.

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