“The World on the Turtle’s Back,” and “Two Brothers and their Grandmother,” are actually extremely similar stories. While there are some twists and turns, the overall outline matches each other even though they are from different parts of the Iroquois League. This shows that even when they are within the same beliefs, everything changes.
“The World on the Turtles Back,” was about how the Earth was created. In this story, there was a pregnant lady that fell through a hole. There were birds of the sea that swooped down to help her, and guided her to land on a turtle’s back. On the turtle’s back, she realized that while falling, she had managed to grab some roots from a sacred tree. With the help of a diving muskrat, she was able to get some dirt and planted it on the turtles back. The turtle ended up being the actual Earth. She ended up having a daughter who had twins. One was born naturally and the other was born through the mother’s armpit, which killed her. The twins were rivals since …show more content…
In the beginning of “The World on the Turtle’s Back,” there was a man and a pregnant woman who ends up falling down the hole. “Two brothers and Their Grandmother,” had a chief and his sick daughter who needs the roots to get better but someone kicks her down the hole. When the pregnant lady falls from the sky, it was just a grouping of birds that saves her, but when the sick lady falls down the hole it was a fish hawk that saves her. Once both women from each story are saved, they need dirt from the ocean floor to make to the world. In “The World on a Turtles Back,” there was a muskrat that dives down to get the dirt, but in “Two Brothers and their Grandmother,” it was a toad. Towards the ending of the stories, the twins fight, but the outcome is different. In “The World on the Turtle’s Back” the nicer honest twin defeated the other, but in “Two brothers and Their Grandmother,” the evil twin kills the older nicer
“The World on the Turtles Back,” was about how the Earth was created. In this story, there was a pregnant lady that fell through a hole. There were birds of the sea that swooped down to help her, and guided her to land on a turtle’s back. On the turtle’s back, she realized that while falling, she had managed to grab some roots from a sacred tree. With the help of a diving muskrat, she was able to get some dirt and planted it on the turtles back. The turtle ended up being the actual Earth. She ended up having a daughter who had twins. One was born naturally and the other was born through the mother’s armpit, which killed her. The twins were rivals since …show more content…
In the beginning of “The World on the Turtle’s Back,” there was a man and a pregnant woman who ends up falling down the hole. “Two brothers and Their Grandmother,” had a chief and his sick daughter who needs the roots to get better but someone kicks her down the hole. When the pregnant lady falls from the sky, it was just a grouping of birds that saves her, but when the sick lady falls down the hole it was a fish hawk that saves her. Once both women from each story are saved, they need dirt from the ocean floor to make to the world. In “The World on a Turtles Back,” there was a muskrat that dives down to get the dirt, but in “Two Brothers and their Grandmother,” it was a toad. Towards the ending of the stories, the twins fight, but the outcome is different. In “The World on the Turtle’s Back” the nicer honest twin defeated the other, but in “Two brothers and Their Grandmother,” the evil twin kills the older nicer