The strawberry grew from Skywoman’s daughter’s heart in Potawatomi creation

Evidence

But I know that someone else has wondered these same things. In our Creation stories the origin of strawberries is important. Skywoman’s beautiful daughter, whom she carried in her womb from Skyworld, grew on the good green earth, loving and loved by all the other beings. But tragedy befell her when she died giving birth to her twins, Flint and Sapling. Heartbroken, Skywoman buried her beloved daughter in the earth. Her final gifts, our most revered plants, grew from her body. The strawberry arose from her heart. In Potawatomi, the strawberry is ode min, the heart berry. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 87

Categorization

• XREF: Connects creation-story plant origins to ch1’s Skywoman fall and cooperation; useful for Reading the Landscape’s plant meanings and Eco-Justice’s story-as-framework. — connects to: In the Skywoman story, animals collaborate to break the falling woman’s fall — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 23; Skywoman’s daughter’s body gave people their staple food plants — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 421; The Potawatomi word for giveaway means they give from the heart — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 1418

Broader Connections

• Skywoman’s daughter’s body gave people their staple food plants #corroborates (0.95) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 421
• The Potawatomi word for giveaway means they give from the heart #expands (0.75) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 1418