and cultures; and they all have their own-tailored- creation stories. A story that explains how all things came to be and what gave everything meaning. A story that lies the foundation for all beliefs and expectations for the culture. A story that will be told for all generations. It may never be known which story is the true one. One of the more interesting comparisons in cultures is that of the Native Americans and the Puritans. The Iroquois‚ a Native American tribe‚ believe that the world was
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Concerning creation myths‚ there are three main motifs: the idea of Humans Created of Organic Materials‚ the idea of Human Creation to Serve the Gods and Tend the Earth‚ and the idea of Creators Felt the Need to Destroy Human Creation. So many myths all around the world have so many similarities and the same motifs. Human’s Created of Organic Materials Most creation myths have this motif. The humans are made from organic materials‚ and there were more than one attempt. In the Cheyenne Creation Myth
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Comparing creation stories The two stories that I read did not have a lot in common with each other. They were both very different stories‚ but there were some similarities. But come on now a Native American story could not be like a Sumerian story. “The World on the Turtles Back” was about a woman goddess who was pregnant with a child and hungry dinning on everything she asked her man to bring her bark from the forbidden tree. But then she fell through the ground. Then she started on creating
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Creation Stories The Egyptian‚ Mesopotamian‚ and ancient Hebrew cultures were all very different. The earliest known creation writings were dated from the third millennium B.C.1 Whether it is belief in one God or several‚ each culture represents one or more. How each God or Gods comes into their world‚ how they interact‚ or how they worship each God is unique to their culture. The creation stories are the foundation of religious cultures that have spread throughout the world.2 In Ancient Egypt
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to make it work! So he inaugurates the world. He drops seeds in the ocean which slowly forms into islands and continents and conveniently creates all of our naturals. Like plants‚ mountains‚ ponds‚ etc. Though‚ there is a problem in Phoebegous’s creation. All of the continents are piled together in one spot. He struggles trying to stretch the continents around the globe‚ so he gets assistance from Flora‚ the god of beauty! She very seldom uses her powers for anybody or anything‚ but P
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- Kintu – first man‚ and brings a cow‚ and drinks her milk to stay alive. He wanders around and sees two sisters; Nambi and her sister are the daughters of Mugulu who is the god of the Sky. - They eventually walk up to him and ask him what he is doin on the earth. He says he is a man‚ and has to eat. The girls think he is weird and go running back to their father. And Mugulu asks questions about this man. - Mugulu decides he wants to tests man’s capabilities to survive. He sends his sons to find
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Max Sandy 10/3/12 World Civilization The Creation of the Creation Mythos Myths are a vital key to understanding not only a culture’s history‚ and also its future. A society’s ethics and mores are portrayed through a myth’s oral and written tradition that is passed down from generation to generation and is most often used as a teaching tool. Since creation myths are such a good set of tools every culture has some form of them. Creation myths are an important aspect of teaching a culture’s children
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The Creation of Religion When an individual sits down and ponders about the world around us with an open mind‚ countless conclusions can be set on the table. Personally‚ I find it incredible that a vast majority of these conclusions are not viewed as being incorrect. This is because no one can be certain‚ and give an exact answer as to how the world around us came to be. Prior to signing up to this class‚ I have done an immeasurable amount of research about religion and its creation‚ the creation
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Similarities: +Balance of good and evil +Sacred tree +Both started with a heaven +The twins & Cain and Abel Difference: + One is a legend and the other a myth Different cultures all have various accounts of creation. However‚ since the world can only be created once‚ the different accounts are similar in many ways. Two examples of different accounts of creation are the Christian account in Genesis‚ and the Iroquois account in The World on the Turtle’s Back. They have differences such
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Journal Entry One The Creation of the Earth from the Yuchi people and The Iroquois Creation Story from the Iroquois people show slightly different worldviews‚ yet both stories opinion of creation have the element of earth being built‚ created‚ as their titles each allude to. These stories worldviews are more alike than not because they each build from the view that earth’s creations come from a higher being or savior. The savior in each story consciously altered what already naturally existed of
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