Comparing Women In Greek, Iroquois, And Roman Creation Narratives

In many of the sacred texts about creation that have been encountered this semester, there is a demonstration of a culture’s changing response to the feminine. Also many of the sacred texts establish an etiological justification for the subordinate position of women. The three creation narratives that I will focus on is the Greek, Iroquois, and Roman creation narratives.
In the Greek creation narrative, the society as a whole does not view women in the most positive light. Trickery is most commonly associated with the feminine in this creation narrative. The feminine is also viewed as punishment towards the land. Pandora is an example of this idea in the Greek creation narrative. The Greeks thought that the feminine must be controlled in order to protect the patriarchy of the time. I feel that the Greeks viewed the feminine as powerful, but in a negative way. By saying that women need to be controlled as to not threaten the patriarchy, they are saying that women are at the top of the power chain. The Greece creation narrative also views women as change; and during this time, change was frowned upon by society. The Greeks had almost polar opposite views on the feminine than the Iroquois. …show more content…
There is a very positive relationship with women in this creation narrative. The Iroquois viewed men and women as equal. Even though men and women were believed to be equal, they had specific roles in the society. I feel that if men and women were equal, they should not have had specific roles in the society. Specific roles in a society is inequality to the group having to do the tasks that are deemed “easier”. In this creation narrative, the feminine was the first one on the earth. The feminine also helped in the creation of Earth alongside the animals that were already on the