Chase Stadler Walum Olum is a Native American myth that has been passed down for generations. The story details the creation of the world and the various phenomenons that occur in the world. Nowadays the world has a new theories and stories of how the world was created. There's countless religions each with their individual beliefs and then there are sciences which believe there is a logical reason behind the creation of earth. Walum Olum applied to the Delaware Tribe but is very different than today's idea of the world's creation; which is seen as a much more scientific process called the Big Bang Theory and Evolution. Walum Olum is a Native American literature piece created by the Delaware Tribe. The Delaware tribe is a Native American tribe located where Delaware is today and some of the surrounding states. They created this myth to help them explains the world they did not understand; when a tornado came through they needed a logical reason as to why this happened. The myth explains that the world was created by this great force called the Manito. The Manito created the land on which they lived. He gave them the animals that they needed to survive and most importantly he gave them the first mother who gave birth to the natives. To explain the bad …show more content…
The Big Bang is how humans nowadays believe the earth was created based on scientific experiments and theories. The theory states that a singularity was created, which is a zone that defies our understanding of physics (The Big Bang Theory - An Overview, 2015). Eventually this expanded creating a viable universe for life. The universe is constantly expanding creating new stars and other spatial objects that are needed in the universe. Tiny micro organisms formed on Earth that over millions of years started to evolve and became more complex. Eventually these organisms evolved into humanoids and after that became the humans of