Value (noun): one’s judgement of what is important in life. Family and those around you with whom you care for are important to both Native American culture and society today. A person’s ancestors and where they came from are not only important to Native American culture, but also still apply today. The conflict of good vs. evil has been around for forever and a day and will continue to be around for many more days to come. There are many values that were held by the early Native Americans that still apply in today’s life, though one who holds and believes in these values may not be Native American themselves.
In early Native American culture family and close friends were very important and this value still applies even in today’s time. In …show more content…
evil has been around in all cultures for as long as anyone can remember. In early Native American culture they did not use the words such as right and wrong or good and evil. Instead, Native Americans used left and right to explain why certain things are the way that they are and also why people act a certain way. In the story, “The World on a Turtle’s Back”, two twins, the right-handed twin and the left-handed twin, are competing. The right-handed twin is the good in the story and the left-handed twin is the evil. The right-handed twin creates ‘good’ animals such as the deer, ground squirrel, and porcupine. The left-handed twin creates the ‘evil’ or ‘bad’ animals such as the mountain lion, weasel, and bear. The left-handed twin creates the animals that would hurt and kill the animals that the right-handed twin created. This is one of many Native American stories that deal with the concept of good vs. evil.
In our society today, good vs. evil is seen everywhere. Children’s fairy tales are generally centered around the good fighting against the evil. In books, movies, and plots of almost everything, the good vs. evil concept falls into place. It is the one thing that seems to have never failed to capture the attention of any person. The daily news often shows what ‘bad’ act or acts happened that day and what are the ‘good’ people are doing about it. Throughout early times and even today, good and evil remain to be a value known by
In early Native American culture family and close friends were very important and this value still applies even in today’s time. In …show more content…
evil has been around in all cultures for as long as anyone can remember. In early Native American culture they did not use the words such as right and wrong or good and evil. Instead, Native Americans used left and right to explain why certain things are the way that they are and also why people act a certain way. In the story, “The World on a Turtle’s Back”, two twins, the right-handed twin and the left-handed twin, are competing. The right-handed twin is the good in the story and the left-handed twin is the evil. The right-handed twin creates ‘good’ animals such as the deer, ground squirrel, and porcupine. The left-handed twin creates the ‘evil’ or ‘bad’ animals such as the mountain lion, weasel, and bear. The left-handed twin creates the animals that would hurt and kill the animals that the right-handed twin created. This is one of many Native American stories that deal with the concept of good vs. evil.
In our society today, good vs. evil is seen everywhere. Children’s fairy tales are generally centered around the good fighting against the evil. In books, movies, and plots of almost everything, the good vs. evil concept falls into place. It is the one thing that seems to have never failed to capture the attention of any person. The daily news often shows what ‘bad’ act or acts happened that day and what are the ‘good’ people are doing about it. Throughout early times and even today, good and evil remain to be a value known by