Iroquois Creation Story Analysis

In the Iroquois Creation Story and the Navajo Creation story, the common theme is the Manifest Destiny. Both stories talk about the origin of the some of the American groups. In the Iroquois Creation Story and the Navajo Creation Story, they talk about how the world came into existence, and the only places which are mentioned are on the American continent. The theme of manifest destiny is well spread out in both stories as the first talks about the fight between the good and the evil. The theme of manifest destiny is always accompanied by plenty of struggles among the characters. It helps the reader to comprehend that their ancestors went through so that that they can learn how to live with each other peacefully. For instance, in the Iroquois Creation Story the foundation of the Great Island was not that simple. Some of the characters had to sacrifice their lives for …show more content…
Whenever the locust was invited to a new community, after few days, one of their members would commit adultery which would result to them being send away. In addition to that, the number of times the creatures made mistakes; the Holy people always came to their aid. The theme of manifest destiny also links the human beings with divine powers as it is shown in the Iroquois Creation Story and the Navajo Creation story that there was a closer bond between human beings and the divine powers. In the Iroquois Creation Story, human beings were created by the good mind while the other creatures like apes were as a result of the bad mind. On the Navajo Creation Story, the human beings have been established as a consequence of the magic portrayed by the Holy people using their buckskins. Moreover, the holy people used to communicate directly with the human beings only. All the other animals were subjects to the human beings. The theme has showed the origin of the American people as well as their spiritual connection with the divine