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Native American Wisdom - The Land of heaven
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Native American Eskimo – The Land of Heaven
From Native American Wisdom [Sacred texts]
Heaven is a great land. In that land there are many holes. These we call stars. In the land of heaven lives Pana [the Woman up there]. There is a mighty spirit, and the angatkut hold that it is a woman. To her pass the souls of the dead. And sometimes, when many die, there are many people up there. The souls of the dead are reborn in the dwellings of Pana and brought down to earth again by the Moon. When the Moon is absent, and cannot be seen in the sky, it is because it is busy helping Pana by bringing souls to earth. Some become human beings once more, others become animals, all manner of beasts. And so life goes on without end.