Creation Myth

Nick Upper

9/3/12

English

The origin of preseason football

(A new version of my sophomore year myth)

Long ago the Earth was nothing. It was a round, flat, uninhabited rock. Then, the great Sky Chief created four animals, Dolphin, Ram, Eagle, and Jaguar. Sky Chief told each of them to build their own home. Dolphin used his blow hole to fill his land with water. In his watery kingdom he erected a giant stadium in honor of Sky Chief. Here he could keep his food and shelter himself in time of war. Ram used his tremendous strength to form a mountain playground, where, he too, built a stadium fortress. With one flap of his wings, Eagle was able to draw up enough dust to form clouds. The clouds provided enough shade to grow grassy plains. He, like Dolphin and Ram, also built a giant stadium. Lastly, Jaguar grew trees to hide himself in. Deep in the forest, he too built a stadium monument.

            Life like this was good, until the food ran short, and the four animals started to argue. Sky Chief decided to settle this by creating humans to live with each animal, and Pig to moderate the four regions. But, only naturally, the four regions began to argue about everything. Pig came up with a solution to the arguing. He said that each region would select 49 of their young athletes and pit them in competition, using himself as a medium for competition. This would unify the regions, and give an indicator as to which region would win, should there be a war.

            Each region elected a council of leaders for their team. Pig’s idea was truly great, and kept the nations at peace, because no team would establish a clear year to year dominance.