The Taino myth of the cursed creator - Bill Keegan
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Before the world of humans began, there was the world of the gods. Four brothers wandered this celestial realm. One day, the brothers snuck into a spirit’s house and spotted a giant gourd hanging in the corner. But as they tried to look inside the gourd, they dropped it. It broke apart, releasing a deluge that formed a new world. Bill Keegan details the Taino myth of Deminan and the sea.
When the gourd was dropped and broke open it created a great flood. Why might a flood be used to represent the beginning of the modern world?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Bill Keegan
- Director Franz Palomares
- Narrator Adrian Dannatt
- Music Carlos Palomares
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Editorial Producer Elizabeth Cox
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Fact-Checker Eden Girma
