Sali Indian Creation Story

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Life is based on creation. Throughout life, we have heard many different stories of how creation came to be. The main story told is the story from the Judeo-Christians. It is the most common story told because the majority of the world believes it.. Another version of the world’s creation story is the Salian Indian story, however. This version isn’t particularly believed by most of the world. All creation stories are different in many ways. There are many similarities and differences between how the Judeo-Christians and the Salian Indians viewed the creation of the earth.
The Judeo-Christians believed that everything and everyone was created by god. They believed that God created the earth to show his love for us. They feel that god created
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They believed that a bald eagle used clay to make humans. The Eagle made himself a wife from a feather, and from there on they could create other humans. The Salian Indians believed that his reason for creating humanity was because he was lonely and wanted to complete the creation that was already there. And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky” (KHAN ACADEMY). This quote symbolizes what the earth was like before humans and helps us understand his purpose for creating humans. Before humans, the god had already created animals, plants, land, and water. After the humans were created, their job was to take care of the land and live off of what they earned and produced.
Between these two stories of creation, I have discovered many similarities and differences. Some similarities are that both the Judeo Christians and the Salian Indians have a god type figure. In both stories, man was created first, and both creators provided land. Some differences were that the Judeo Christians believed in one specific God, and the Salian Indians there was a God type figure portrayed as an eagle. Another difference is that the creation process in both stories is different.
The Judeo Christians and the Salian Indians both have their own opinions on how creation came to be. There are many similarities and differences between how the Judeo-Christians and the Salian Indians viewed the creation of the earth. God or no god, every religion has it’s own story of

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