Kate wrote: > > > hell thanks for all that info, that is so > interesting! i'd never heard of > > the word pangea before...
I love the name Pangea. (Do you pronounce it Pan JEE uh?) Once Helen mentioned it, I remembered reading about it before. I've also read about continental drift - if they drift far enough, they'll end up back together again. I also enjoyed John's mention of Turtle Island. Here's a little blurb on it that I found at: http://www.aboriginalexperiences.com/ The name Turtle Island is taken from an ancient Native legend. Our Elders tell of a time long ago when the Creator covered the earth with water to start a new life for all people. A small amount of the original land was saved and placed on the back of a turtle. When the turtle rose from the water, this was the beginning of what we now call North America. Isn't this interesting? Doesn't it sound like the great flood, but instead of Noah and an ark, there's this turtle holding some of the land on its back. Here's another cool-looking site that I came across when I looked for turtle island. http://www.turtleisland.org/ Then I looked up anishinabe, which is a name some of the natives use for themselves - I think it covers Cree and Ojibway. There's a site where you can click on different native languages and phrases and hear the way they sound in anishinabe, Mohawk, Inuit and so on - kind of cool. http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ks/english/5010_e.html ===== Catherine Toronto ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
