The world on the turtle's back is an iroquois legend that has been passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth. This is an example of a native american oral tradition. “ the world on the turtle's back” is the iroquois cultural perspective of the creation story, being almost the same to the catholic creation story of adam and eve, well minus the huge turtle of course.The main characters in this story are man, wife and daughter.
Man lives in the sky world and is husband to a pregnant wife who wants something to eat. He then gets pressured by his wife to gather roots from the great tree, which is completely forbidden. But man chickens out. After he starts digging and creates a hole in the sky. However, wife on the other hand is …show more content…
The child did everything just as he should. He said what he meant and meant what he said. He always told the truth and tried to accomplish all that was right and reasonable. The opposite to the right handed, the left handed twin, decided it would be a great idea to be born out of the opposite side of his mother because he saw a light. The left handed twin ended up killing her because the left handed twin always lied and did things backwards, which most likely explains why he was most favored by grandmother. The two siblings always had a rivalry going on. One being straight minded and the other crooked minded, the upright and devious, right and left,yin and yang. After the modeled animals out of clay, the left being the predator and the right being the prey. Together they created balance. The right handed twin finished by creating man. Both looked at their creation and said it was good. As they grew to be men they forgot who was more powerful. No matter what challenge was set before the two, they both won. No one would ever win or lose. So it was decided that day belonged to right and night belonged to left. The Possible Themes are "Love Your Enemy" for example When the right-handed twin killed his brother, the grandmother was angry. Even though the left-handed twin killed her daughter, the grandmother still helped and loved her
Man lives in the sky world and is husband to a pregnant wife who wants something to eat. He then gets pressured by his wife to gather roots from the great tree, which is completely forbidden. But man chickens out. After he starts digging and creates a hole in the sky. However, wife on the other hand is …show more content…
The child did everything just as he should. He said what he meant and meant what he said. He always told the truth and tried to accomplish all that was right and reasonable. The opposite to the right handed, the left handed twin, decided it would be a great idea to be born out of the opposite side of his mother because he saw a light. The left handed twin ended up killing her because the left handed twin always lied and did things backwards, which most likely explains why he was most favored by grandmother. The two siblings always had a rivalry going on. One being straight minded and the other crooked minded, the upright and devious, right and left,yin and yang. After the modeled animals out of clay, the left being the predator and the right being the prey. Together they created balance. The right handed twin finished by creating man. Both looked at their creation and said it was good. As they grew to be men they forgot who was more powerful. No matter what challenge was set before the two, they both won. No one would ever win or lose. So it was decided that day belonged to right and night belonged to left. The Possible Themes are "Love Your Enemy" for example When the right-handed twin killed his brother, the grandmother was angry. Even though the left-handed twin killed her daughter, the grandmother still helped and loved her