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    some sort of creation story‚ usually grounded in a mythology or religion‚ of how the world originated‚ for example‚ Genesis from Christianity‚ or Pangu from China. These stories show how the world came to be‚ and usually show values‚ morals‚ and the reasons for some traditions. The Iroquois creation story “The World on the Turtle’s Back” and the Norse story “Odin and Ymir” both serve as narratives to communicate the beliefs of their people and the values of their culture. Both stories show aspects

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    Creation Story Even though both stories are about the creation of Earth and life‚ they each have their own unique twist on how the world came to be and how in both stories the brothers represent good and evil. In the Native American version the natives believe that a pregnant woman that lived up in heaven was craving a drink from the roots of the great tree. Tampering with or hurting the trees roots was bad and if you hurt it then bad thing would happen to you. The woman’s husband is a

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    of Victor Frankenstein and the monster to display a contradiction to the creation story in the Bible through her novel Frankenstein. Their relationship inverts the account of creation in the Bible through the creator’s view of his creation‚ the duties of the creator to his creation‚ and who plays the role of God. In Genesis 1‚ God sees His creation and acknowledges it as very good. Contrastingly‚ Victor sees his creation as wretched and evil. In the event of creating an immortal being‚ Frankenstein

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    The creation story of the Cree Tribe shows us their belief about how all the animals and humans were created‚ and also how humans are guided to the right thing. Most beliefs and themes of creation myths can be found as the same from multiple religions and faiths. A common theme in creation stories of different cultures is the presence of a supreme being. This supreme being is present in this creation story as the creator. The creator made the earth and all that was in it. The creator existed before

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    The Creation Story The Iroquois story and the Judeo-Christian story are very similar stories but they also have very different concepts. Both stories explain how the earth was created and who it was created by. They talk about different beliefs and share their opposing thoughts about certain topics. In the story about the Iroquois it mentions that the earth was started on a turtle’s back and that there was no all-powerful God. Yet the other said that earth was created by an omniscient being called

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    China’s Creation Story In the beginning‚ the heaven and earth were still one and all was in chaos. The universe was like a big black egg‚ carrying Pan Gu inside itself. After eighteen thousand years‚ Pan Gu woke up from a long sleep. Because he felt suffocated‚ he took up a broad ax and wielded it with all his might to crack open the egg in which he is in. He formed the heavens and the cold‚ turbid matter formed the earth. Pan Gu stood between them‚ his head touching the sky‚ his feet planted on

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    The native American tribe known as the Iroquois‚ have a unique creation story. For this story sky‚ people and water exist but there is no land to speak of. It’s funny how most creation stories start off with the earth and sky already in existence. The Iroquois story starts with sky people that live high above the waters in the clouds. The sky people could not die‚ have children or experience sadness. Nonetheless; one day a sky woman realized she had become pregnant with twins. When she told her husband

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    Satan‚ Prince of Darkness‚ Lucifer‚ Iblis; no matter what title he bears‚ the devil is the most recognizable and distinct representation of evil in existence. In the story of Adam and Eve‚ the devil’s wicked evilness takes the form of temptation. He uses temptation to stray Eve from the path of God‚ the path she was created to follow. In the Lord of the Flies evil disguises itself as temptation yet again. The boys are tempted by their persisting desires to leave their civilized morals behind and

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    Aboriginals in Australia Matias: Aborigines are indigenous peoples who migrated to Australia and many of the islands in Oceania. There are currently about 517‚000 Aborigines in Australia‚ throughout the country. The term “aboriginal” is used as a collective term for the various indigenous groups‚ usually in Australia. Aborigines are not Negroes of African origin. The word “Aboriginal‚” arrived from the Latin phrase “ab origine‚” meaning "from the beginning". Aborigines probably came to Australia

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    Apollo’s birth story begins immediately with a sense of the son of Zeus and Leto’s immense power. The earth is literally scared to let Apollo be born -- and thus it will not allow Leto to lay down and give birth. The earth fears that Apollo‚ born with power as great or nearly as great as Zeus himself‚ will be disgusted by the earth and destroy it. However‚ when Leto is finally allowed to give birth to Apollo on the island of Delos‚ Apollo does not destroy the earth. He does‚ however‚ immediately

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