In the Skywoman story, animals collaborate to break the falling woman’s fall

Evidence

The geese nodded at one another and rose together from the water in a wave of goose music. She felt the beat of their wings as they flew beneath to break her fall. Far from the only home she’d ever known, she caught her breath at the warm embrace of soft feathers as they gently carried her downward. And so it began. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 23

Categorization

• XREF: The council of animals mirrors the polyad theme of more-than-human agency — relates to listening to nonhuman voices (Soundscape course) and to nonhuman personhood in legal frameworks (Legal Systems). — connects to: The strawberry grew from Skywoman’s daughter’s heart in Potawatomi creation — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 87

Broader Connections

• The strawberry grew from Skywoman’s daughter’s heart in Potawatomi creation #complicates (0.70) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 87