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    Creation Stories Iroquois Creation Story according to David Cusick is a history of the establishment of the Iroquois Confederacy (par. 4); is a story of beginnings and good vs evil. The Book of Genesis within the Holy Bible is believed by many‚ inspired by God; is a story of beginnings and good vs evil. Throughout the creation stories of both the Iroquois and of the Holy Bible there are many similarities and differences. The Iroquois have belief that the formation of land occurred in an

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    culture has stories about either the world’s beginning or the way humans came to exist‚ in The Garden Of Eden (Tradition credits Moses as the author of Genesis) the story is about Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden‚ going through the trials and challenges of life‚ the temptations of life‚ and the weakness of the lack of knowledge one has when they are created into a place with very little knowledge‚ in which all can be related or connected to the archetype of creation stories. In the story of Adam and

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    Enuma elish and genesis

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    There are at least five overlapping concepts between the two creation accounts‚ which show the similarities as well as distinct differences. Both narratives‚ in some sense‚ describe: (1) a chaotic primeval state‚ (2) primordial waters separated into two spheres‚ (3) the creation of mankind‚ (4) the concept of “image‚” and (5) God/gods enter divine rest in a temple (see table 1.1. below). Both the similarities and dissimilarities shall be briefly expounded. First‚ both narratives are similar by

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    Pima Creation Story

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    Pima Story There is an endless account of creation stories told by natives both orally‚ as well as visually. Each story sets its own distinctive details on how the world became what it is now‚ however every story also has the accumulative detail of good over evil‚ and the creation of humans as a whole. After reading the Pima Creation Story‚ it shows some characteristics of the biblical legends in a more humanistic way. Throughout this version‚ the creator encounters varies flaws with his creations

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    Pima Creation Story

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    Since the beginnings‚ creation stories have been a key part to the foundation of a culture. Creation stories were told and past own to generations by word of mouth until they could later be transcribed. In the early twentieth century‚ the creation story of the Pima‚ was transcribed by one of their own‚ Edward H Wood. The creation story of the Pima was created by Thin Leather‚ the uncle of Edward H Wood. According to “Voices”‚ these native people tried their best to stay away from influences such

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    Creative Creation Story

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    Creative Creation Story The universe that existed was unattainable by reasoning‚ unperceived‚ unjudged‚ peaceful and quiet. In this empty place the goddess Inu’s baby brother‚ Hugo‚ cried‚ piercing the silence. Inu sighed and with that breath‚ the light and dark separated. Hugo stopped crying. Noticing she had his attention she formed a watery ball‚ calling it earth and above it she made the sky. She filled the night sky with the guardian moon and his gleaming stars and the day sky with a radiant

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    Aztec Creation Story

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    that tearing someone apart could have created our earth? Well‚ the “Aztec Creation Story” describes how our planet Earth was “supposedly” created: two Aztec gods (Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl) transformed into serpents and attacked the hideous Earth Goddess‚ ripping her in two. The upper half of her body became the ground and the lower half became the heavens. There were two other very significant Aztec “gods” in the story that deeply affected the outcome of planet Earth: Tecuciztecatl and Nanahuatzin

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    Sotuknang Creation Story

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    to gather together air to make winds and breezes on these worlds. The fourth act of creation with which the Creator charged Sotuknang was the creation of life. Sotuknang went to the world that was to first host life and there he created Spider Woman‚ and he gave her the power to create life. First Spider Woman took some earth and mixed it with saliva to make two beings. Over them she sang the Creation Song‚ and they came to

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    Enuma Elish Poem Analysis

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    beginning of Enuma Elish‚ only two things existed. The two things that existed were existing in the unformed world were the fresh waters and the salt waters. They called the fresh waters Apsu and the salt waters was called Tiamat. Tiamat was married to Apsu and Tiamat was also the chaotic oceans (Heidel I:5). Enuma Elish is a babylonian epic poem and tells how the universe was first created. “Enuma Elish” means “when on high”‚ which are the first words of the poem. On seven tablets‚ Enuma Elish is written

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    Enuma Elish Summary

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    Enuma Elish Summary Tablet I The stage is set for the story. The various gods represent aspects of the physical world. Apsu is the god of fresh water and male fertility. Tiamat‚ wife of Apsu‚ is the goddess of the sea and chaos and threat. Tiamat gives birth to Anshar and Kishar‚ gods who represented the boundary between the earth and sky (the horizon). To Anshar and Kishar is born Anu‚ god of sky‚ who in turn bears Ea. These "sons of the gods" make so much commotion and are so ill-behaved that

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