World On The Turtle’s Back Analysis
In the creational myth, “The World On The Turtle’s Back,” the Iroquois demonstrate the four functions of a myth: metaphysical (to instill awe), sociological (to support customs), cosmological (to explain the world), and pedagogical (to guide people). The Iroquois use these devices all throughout the story to tell their ideas on how the world began and what helped establish it. At the beginning of the story, a pregnant Sky woman falls from the Sky-World. Table turn as creatures below help save her, and together they decide to create the Earth. She later carries twins, that influence the balance in the world. Starting from scratch they build up the world, and miracles happen, both good and bad. The main function …show more content…
The creatures below decided to spare her life and the baby’s life. As the woman walked around the Earth, it came her time. She delivered a beautiful baby girl, but she never gave up walking. They walked together and both made the world grow bigger and bigger. As the daughter became quite a bit older, she saw a man. It was new she didn't know what to feel, and all of her emotions hit her at once and she fainted. When she awoke, and carried twins. These were the detailed creators. When they were born was sought the right way out and the other chose a different path. These became known as the right handed and left handed twins. Killing their mother at birth, the twins continued to fight even after the womb. The twins created balance and a sense of detail. “Right handed twin made berries and fruits of other kinds for his creatures. The left handed twin made briars and the poisonous plants…]” (29) Twins always competed and found a way to balance out the world. Not only, did they create animals and other creatures, but they created man. But as competition became more scarce, the twins reached a point of no looking back: a dual. “ Each selected his weapon. The left-handed twin chose a mere stick that would do him no good. But the right handed twin picked out a deer antler and with one touch he destroyed his brother. And the left handed died, but he died and didn't die.” The left-handed twin was thrown off the earth and
In the creational myth, “The World On The Turtle’s Back,” the Iroquois demonstrate the four functions of a myth: metaphysical (to instill awe), sociological (to support customs), cosmological (to explain the world), and pedagogical (to guide people). The Iroquois use these devices all throughout the story to tell their ideas on how the world began and what helped establish it. At the beginning of the story, a pregnant Sky woman falls from the Sky-World. Table turn as creatures below help save her, and together they decide to create the Earth. She later carries twins, that influence the balance in the world. Starting from scratch they build up the world, and miracles happen, both good and bad. The main function …show more content…
The creatures below decided to spare her life and the baby’s life. As the woman walked around the Earth, it came her time. She delivered a beautiful baby girl, but she never gave up walking. They walked together and both made the world grow bigger and bigger. As the daughter became quite a bit older, she saw a man. It was new she didn't know what to feel, and all of her emotions hit her at once and she fainted. When she awoke, and carried twins. These were the detailed creators. When they were born was sought the right way out and the other chose a different path. These became known as the right handed and left handed twins. Killing their mother at birth, the twins continued to fight even after the womb. The twins created balance and a sense of detail. “Right handed twin made berries and fruits of other kinds for his creatures. The left handed twin made briars and the poisonous plants…]” (29) Twins always competed and found a way to balance out the world. Not only, did they create animals and other creatures, but they created man. But as competition became more scarce, the twins reached a point of no looking back: a dual. “ Each selected his weapon. The left-handed twin chose a mere stick that would do him no good. But the right handed twin picked out a deer antler and with one touch he destroyed his brother. And the left handed died, but he died and didn't die.” The left-handed twin was thrown off the earth and