In Finno-Ugric/Siberian mythology ….The world was born from a Waterfowl or an Eagle Egg: (Alternativly "The Earth Diver Myth" is also told).
Quote:
From the egg, from the lower part,
Emerged mother – the damp earth;
From the egg, from the upper part,
Arouse the high heavenly vault,
From the yolk, from the upper part,
The bright sun appeared;
From the egg white, from the upper part,
The bright moon appeared;
From the egg, from the mixed part,
The stars were made in heaven …..
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(An egg or oval shaped shaman drum - the universe in a drum).
From the mixed part (the Big Dipper) came down 2 Totemic Ancestors, the Bear (moon, dark, winter etc.) and the Moose/Elk (sun, light, summer etc.):
The dual organization of society into two complementary totemic 'moieties':
(Artwork by Nikolai Fomin)