I enjoy indigenous myths and legends. They connect humans in the world they live in and attempt to make sense of the natural phenomena occurring around us. Science is not able to provide full explanations and good scientists acknowledge this. Sedna was a story I shared with students when I taught. It provided considerable food for thought, particularly for those students who held science as being absolute. Stories are the human way of making sense of the world and its natural phenomena.
Sedna – Goddess of Sea and Marine Animals (Inuit Mythology)
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Teacher as Transformer 
Thank you. I knew of Sedna but had. No idea there were so. Many stories about her.
Aw usual, when I read or hear a story like this I wonder at its creation.
How did the original come about? And in this case, why did her father toss her overboard?
Students asked similar questions. The beauty of these stories in retrospect is the questions raised.
You are welcome. You make a great point Emilie. It is questions rather than answers that are often key in stories.