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The Legend of the Bear – the Myth of the Devils Tower in Wyoming
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The Legends of the Native Americans
The stories differ in details, but the basic idea is that one or more indigenous people flee from a bear. They save themselves on a rock and beg the Great Spirit for help. The Great Spirit then causes the rock to grow taller. In its attempts to catch its prey, the bear leaves claw marks on the rock, but it does not reach the people.
The outcome of each story is very different: sometimes the girls stay on the mountain, sometimes they shine from then on as stars in the sky, sometimes the boys are brought down by an eagle, and sometimes there is no exact description of the rescue of the natives on the rock. However, the mountain usually ends up becoming the bear's home. Therefore, the natural monument has for centuries borne names such as "Bear's Tipi", "Bear's House", "Bear's Lodge" or "Home of Bears".
Why is the Bear Mountain called "Devils Tower"?
The scientific origin of the Devils Tower
Short hike around the oldest national monument in the USA in beautiful northeastern Wyoming.
A popular destination in the northeast of Wyoming
Today, the first national monument of the USA is a tourist attraction. The imposing rock jutting out of the surroundings offers, after all, an optimal photo motif and a few mysteries. In the visitor center you can learn a lot about the geology of the tower and the nature in the surrounding area. Also the culture of the indigenous prairie inhabitants is illuminated. A circular path of about two kilometers leads around the mountain, so you can admire it from all sides.
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