Difference between revisions of "Babe Bunyan"

* Babe's [[Sacred Artifact]], the horseshoes on his boots, that could point towards water sources and cultivate the land he treads on is a reference to their importance in the growth of American settlers. In one story, Paul used Babe to straighten up logging roads by pulling on them with the excess used to make more timberland. Another story is how Paul tamed the Whistling River by tying it to Babe and the ox yanking it straight or after a cold winter, the impressions they left behind by their footprints filled up with water and the area became known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" now known as [[Wikipedia:Minnesota|Minnesota]].

* Babe's [[Sacred Artifact]], the horseshoes on his boots, that could point towards water sources and cultivate the land he treads on is a reference to their importance in the growth of American settlers. In one story, Paul used Babe to straighten up logging roads by pulling on them with the excess used to make more timberland. Another story is how Paul tamed the Whistling River by tying it to Babe and the ox yanking it straight or after a cold winter, the impressions they left behind by their footprints filled up with water and the area became known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" now known as [[Wikipedia:Minnesota|Minnesota]].

* His dream of seeing a white buffalo calf and him being white instead of the more iconic blue, is in reference to how white buffalos were seen as sacred animals in part due to their connection to the sacred icon and primary cultural prophet [[Wikipedia:White_Buffalo_Calf_Woman|White Buffalo Calf Woman]] from the [[Wikipedia:Lakota_people|Lakota people]], wherein she taught the people the "Seven Sacred Rites" and to live harmoniously with the land. It is also prophesized that she would return as a white calf that would serve as a warning for great change.

* His dream of seeing a white buffalo calf and him being white instead of the more iconic blue, is in reference to how white buffalos were seen as sacred animals in part due to their connection to the sacred icon and primary cultural prophet [[Wikipedia:White_Buffalo_Calf_Woman|White Buffalo Calf Woman]] from the [[Wikipedia:Lakota_people|Lakota people]], wherein she taught the people the "Seven Sacred Rites" and to live harmoniously with the land. It is also prophesized that she would return as a white calf that would serve as a warning for great change.

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