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Creation Myths There are countless theories and ideas on how the world was created. One method that was used by Native Americans was telling creation myths. A creation myth is a story or legend that tells how the world was created and how people came about. These myths are passed down from generation to generation. The short story “How the World Was Made” is a creation myth because it explains how the Earth was made, the workings of the natural world, and social customs. The story gives…

“The World on the Turtle’s Back” is a myth how the world began. The story begins with a woman who was digging a tree root for medicine. As she was digging in the tree root, she makes a hole in Sky-World and falls in the hole. When she lands safely on a turtle’s back, she plants the roots on the turtle after she was given dirt from a muskrat. She eventually has a daughter who has twin boys who compete against each other until one is defeated. This myth explains how the world started and why…

The Importance of Friendship Both the Yahwist author of Genesis 2, and the Chinese author of “Pan Gu and Nü Wa” give stories about the creation of the world. Their meanings differ, however, as the Yahwist author’s story suggests that people are created essentially to have a relationship with each other, while the Chinese author explains that people are created to be companions of Nü Wa, a goddess. In both creation stories, humans are created for the purpose of being a companion. Once humans…

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…

One of the sharp contrasts that I noticed between the two creation stories was the fact that there was a mystical woman giving birth to the twins in the Iroquois origin story. No mention is given as to who this woman is or how she came about, just like there is no mention of where these monsters came from or who made them and why they where even in the story. Like you said the bible does not have a turtle or any other creature partake in the actual creation part of the story. The introduction of…

Upon reading The Myth of Sisyphus I have never heard of any mention of this myth. At first, I found it very hard to follow along with what the author was saying. Everything seemed very metaphorical and symbolic, but was so wordy that I had to reread it a few times in small sections in order to fully digest it. When I read the third paragraph about Sisyphus wanting to test his wife’s loyalty I thought wow that is a horrible idea. What I did not understand was why Sisyphus wanted to chastise his…

Although there have been many creation stories told throughout history, two seem to stand out more than most. The Epic of Gilgamesh and the first book of The Bible, Genesis, are two that top the list for creation stories. Gilgamesh was an epic poem written, actually carved, onto twelve stone tablets. It is the earliest known poem, written around 2100 B.C.E. The Bible is the Holy book of Christianity, and is known throughout the world. One can see similar stories appear in both Gilgamesh and…

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley are two novels in which the themes of equality and inequality are explored extensively. The texts are both written by women in 1847 and 1818 respectively and both deal with gender inequality. Jane Eyre is also a social commentary on the injustices and inequalities of the classist Victorian hierarchy whereas Shelley’s novel focuses on the human rejection of unconventionality and the inequalities faced by societies ‘outcasts. The…

It is common for people to want to know where they came from or how they came to be. The Bible has two different stories explaining what happened during creation. Though, different people view these stories differently. To some the seven days of creation in Genesis 1 are actually seven days, to others those days are viewed as hundred of thousand of years. Either could be correct because there is no actual primary source of knowledge about creation In Genesis 1 there are seven distinct days of…

Genesis 1, the first chapter in the bible, is easily the most well known creation story to come out of the Ancient Near East. However, that does not mean that it was the only story being told during that period. The Babylonian epic, the Enuma Elish was another creation story that sprung up in the Ancient Near East. It is in essence a history of the Babylonian gods, and in particular, one god, Marduk. It was ultimately written to justify his rise to power as the head of the Babylonian pantheon of…