Week 11: Reading - The Attack on the Giant Elk and the Great Eagle

 The Attack on the Giant Elk and the Great Eagle by Jicarilla Apache (Story Source)

• Great beasts used to prey on the people
• Jonayaíyin, the son of the woman who lives in the West, was sent to help the people
• He grew to manhood in 4 days
• He went out to the desert where the elk lived and reached it in 4 steps
• A lizard asked if he needed help and offered him his cloak to help disguise himself
• A gopher burrowed beneath the elk to help him
• The son shot the elk 4 times in heart but he was still alive and followed in pursuit underneath the earth
• The elk got trapped in by the webs of the great spiders and he died of exhaustion and his wounds
• He then made a coat from the hide of the elk and gave meat to the gopher and lizard
• He then set off for the eagle

Giant Elk (Image Source)