Animals In Native American Myths

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The concept of religion is universal. Every culture and every society puts their faith into something. Whether it is a God, a “supreme being”, or the world itself, all parts of every society leans on the idea that there is a ultimate figure that has the power to do life altering things. Many people believe that a GOd only blesses the people of his choosing. The cartoon in the readings show this point blankley. God is blessing america. In the cartoon they are declared “God 's favorite country”. There are many thing that that good has blessed them with which will help them to living comfortable lives. But when the person from iraq ask the God to bless his country and family as well, the GOd just sort of blows him off by saying if everybody was …show more content…
All the myths are religion based and offer an explanation on why thing came to be. THe are very big on creation myth. In most native american myths, there are different elements to the story. One of these elements are animals. Native Americans use animals as their way of thinking when it came to creating these myths. One animal that is a common theme throughout the Native American theme is there is a trickster. The animal that is most commonly known as the trickster is the coyotes. The coyotes often tries to pull things into his favor by deceiving the other character in the …show more content…
One, the people that have converted to christianity, or the people who have not converted to christianity Among those who have not converted to christianity, it is common for men to have more than one bride. Whether it is through a polygamous relationship where the men have more than one wife at once, or they have a monogamous relationship where the man only has one wife but get divorced regularly. One thing is for certain, the unconverted men go through lots of women. On the other hand, the Nagas that have converted will only have one wife. This can be a problem because there is a large number of women among the Nagas and when they are not married they often will seek out a place that will accept them for work. Some will end up working at the mission station, other will sing their energy

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