For one point, inform the others what we’re looking at here. For three points, how does Kiowa legend explain the vertical grooves in the background formation?
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Joansays
This is Devil’s Tower in Wyoming.
Joansays
There are several legends about the grooves on the rock. The Kiowa legend involves several girls who climbed the rock to escape giant bears. The grooves are from the bears’ claws. The girls became the constellation Pleiades.
Joan, you are quick! Of course, we know that the real answer for the grooves is alien visitors, as seen in the documentary Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
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This is Devil’s Tower in Wyoming.
There are several legends about the grooves on the rock. The Kiowa legend involves several girls who climbed the rock to escape giant bears. The grooves are from the bears’ claws. The girls became the constellation Pleiades.
Joan gets four points, for a total of 11.
Great legend–go Joan!
Joan, you are quick! Of course, we know that the real answer for the grooves is alien visitors, as seen in the documentary Close Encounters of the Third Kind.