Iroquois Creation Story

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We read over two very important stories of creation in our reading, First the Christian biblical story similar to Adam and Eve. And last but not least the Iroquois Legend from the Native Americans, which varies from any other story I had heard before, Below are what I recognized as similarities and differences between the two. The First Noticed differences between stories were that the Women in the Native American story worked together with the animals of the earth after falling through a hole in the sky world. After falling Sky Woman later to be known as the Moon was delivered down from the heavens by a flock of intelligent bird who knew she would not live long in the depths of the ocean below. Following this encounter she was gently touched

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