The similarity of the biblical and Navajo creation stories are that in both stories there are the first man and first woman, both of which are made from the earth. Also, all of humanities ancestors eventually leads back to Adam and Eve, the man and woman in the Navajo story had many children, who ad many children, and so on.
There are many differences in these stories. There were no "previous worlds" in the Bible as mentioned in this legend. Witches did not come and get Adam and Eve's children, and their children did not marry each other and then leave for another person. with all the similarities and even the differences, I can see how the legend is based on the best explanation the Indians had for a creation of the
There are many differences in these stories. There were no "previous worlds" in the Bible as mentioned in this legend. Witches did not come and get Adam and Eve's children, and their children did not marry each other and then leave for another person. with all the similarities and even the differences, I can see how the legend is based on the best explanation the Indians had for a creation of the