A drawing of a carving by Charles Edenshaw in the late 1800s depicting the Haida myth of the origin of women. Fungus Man is paddling the canoe with Raven in the bow in search of female genitalia. (Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago)
Would you believe that you owe your existence to a mushroom?
“Oh yes, Fungus Man! Bracket fungus," says Lawrence Millman, with a story from way back in the mists of time. Fungus Man was a friend of Raven, and together they created the world as we know it.
A drawing of a carving by Charles Edenshaw in the late 1800s depicting the Haida myth of the origin of women. Fungus Man is paddling the canoe with Raven in the bow in search of female genitalia. (Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago)
There’s a lot of truth buried in myths — this one is from the Haida First Nation people in British Columbia. But it is true — we do owe our past and future existence on Earth to the kingdom of mushrooms – fungi.
