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How do the opening words of The Earth on Turtle's Back identify the story as an origin myth?
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The Onondaga native people had a great respect for dreams as well as the importance of nature. Their mythology contains rich examples of both. The myth of The Turtle with the world on its back begins with the words â??Before this earth existedâ??, alerts the reader that the setting is about a period prior to creation.
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