Comparing Two Creation Stories

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There are many similar thinks between the 2 stories. In the beginning of both stories talks about how things were created. The Judeo Christian story is different because animals don’t play a big role in it . The creation story talks about that there was a high world above from earth and talks about a tree like on the creation it also talks about a tree. It’s similar to genesis. Genesis says that God heavens and earth. God created Adam and Eve to eat from any tree except from the tree of knowledge the apple tree. A evil snake talk to Eve and she ate the apple and gave some of the apple to her husband god kick them out of the garden. In both of the stories the women are involved and make some differences and changes. In both of the stories one of the sons are bad like in Genesis Cain kills his brother and on the creation story both of the brothers are opposite of one another. …show more content…
In the creation he animals play important role, someone gets killed in both of the stories 2 stories one of the boys. In the creation story animals (play a larger role in the native American story the natives have a lot respect towards the animals and nature. For example how the animals and Man work together to create the earth how sky woman was help by the animals the bird help her and put her on the turtle's back so she could rest while the animals think what to do. A bunch of animals gathered around the turtle and they help bring more soil and that’s how the earth was created. In genesis mankind dominates the animals and god created the earth all powerful

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