A people’s geography shapes the journeys their heroes undertake.

Evidence

And for the Pacific — where the journey across the ocean to a new island was the founding act of every community — the voyaging hero is not just an adventurer but the very image of how their world was made and their islands won: by daring to set out across the vast water toward a horizon you cannot yet see, trusting your skill and courage to carry you to a new home. — , A Year of World Stories, 15206

Categorization

• XREF: Directly parallels the ecology-shaped-culture point from earlier Pacific voyaging material in this year’s curriculum (Week 29 Polynesian seafarers). — connects to: Uncontacted peoples on opposite sides of the earth independently created culture-hero stories — , A Year of World Stories, 15276; Nearly every people independently creates culture-hero stories to explain origins — , A Year of World Stories, 15277; Successful conquerors often adopt local symbols of power. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 380

Related

• Uncontacted peoples on opposite sides of the earth independently created culture-hero stories (similarity 0.82)
• Nearly every people independently creates culture-hero stories to explain origins (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Uncontacted peoples on opposite sides of the earth independently created culture-hero stories #exemplifies (0.75) — , A Year of World Stories, 15276
• Nearly every people independently creates culture-hero stories to explain origins #exemplifies (0.70) — , A Year of World Stories, 15277
• Successful conquerors often adopt local symbols of power. #expands (0.55) — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 380