LH said The entire Plains Indians culture was composed of people who "never read even a single work of great literature, you could come to realize that there is a kind of purity in such a literatureless character, unpolluted by a myriad of opinions regarding; good, evil, love, betrayal, generousity, motivation, greed, hubris and humility. Only very personal and real life experiences shape that character's point of view."

These cultures are not literature less, they have rich storytelling traditions. They may not have read books with European literature, but they had great tales and a wonderful pantheon of gods that included tricksters (who were demoted by christian zealots who feared them, and this ties in perfectly to some of the cartoonish tricksters Donuel was discussing).

My favorite cartoon characters when I was small were Porky Pig and Betty Boop.















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