Iroquois Compare And Contrast

All pieces of literature are assured to have comparisons and contrasts. For instance the creation myths African Bushmen and Iroquois have a lot of comparisons and contrasts. The most easily anticipated comparison is that they both tell their theories and aspects of how the world was created. They each have a very contrasting way of defining how it happened, but the theory is the identical.

The African Bushmen consider that their god Kaang designed everything. “Kaang, the Great Master and Lord of All Life” is what they saw him as. All was impeccable in the world they lived in and so he made the accord to design a “world above”. He design an absurd tree that protracted to the new world above and when it was complete the first woman arose from the hole. Individually, Iroquois Indians, their …show more content…
In the Iroquois legend one of the Sky Woman’s sons was born bad: “She named the other Flint and his heart was as cold as his name” (Iroquois). His brother was a courteous adviser so he contradicted numerous of the problems his brother designed on the Earth. In the African legend, Kaang designd the world for the animals and the people and left them with one predestines: “he turned to the men and women and warned them not to build any fires or a great evil would befall them” (African). As you can anticipate, they did build a fire and the agreement was demolished. The way evil appeared the world was described variously in each legend, but they both did tell how they believe it appeared this world. Other comparison is the respect both legends have for animals. In Iroquois legend without the animals’ help, the sea and earth may not have been designed. In the African legend it states, “...ever since the people broke Kaang's command people have not been able to communicate with animals” (African). From the time when the evil that appeared the conversations with animals had been lost, it shows how much animals aimed to the