Iroquois and their “legend” The World on the Turtle’s Back Iroquois tell their legend in The World on the Turtle’s Back of how the earth was created and how balance in the world resides. Iroquois are one of many Native American tribes in which still live in the United States today; in fact‚ there are more than 50‚000 Iroquois living in the United States today. The term Iroquois refers to six separate Native American groups: the Senela‚ Cayuga‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ Mohawk‚ and Tuscarora. The Great
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World on a Turtles Back Have you ever wondered how the world came to be? I know I have. Whenever I have a question about things like that I look to the Indians to find my answers. They have a lot of stories about how they think the world came to be‚ and their all very interesting. There are many myths and legends that answer any questions that you might have. Back when the Indians used to sit around the campfires‚ and tell stories about how the land came to be‚ I think they were just looking
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The World On A Turtle’s Back There’s this place called the Sky World‚ and there lives a man and his wife who is expecting a child.And there’s a tree in the center of the Sky World that no being is allowed to eat from.Don’t touch the tree‚ don’t eat from the tree‚ don’t pee on the tree‚ don’t look at the tree‚ don’t think about the tree! Well guess what? The wife is having her weird craving as most pregnant women do and she demands of her husband to get the tree’s roots so she can eat them.He’s
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Okay‚ so there’s this place called the Sky World‚ and there lives a man and his wife who is expecting a child. And there’s a tree in the center of the Sky World that no being is allowed to eat from. *sounds familliar?* Don’t touch the tree‚ don’t eat from the tree‚ don’t pee on the tree‚ don’t look at the tree‚ don’t think about the tree! Well guess what? The wife is having her weird craving as most pregnant women do and she demands of her husband to get the tree’s roots so she can eat them. He’s
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The world on the turtles back The world on the turtles back is a creation myth story that has been passed down from generation to generation in the Native American culture. The story gives explanations for how the world came to be. It also tells of how day & night and also agriculture was created. The Native Americans believed that there was a city in the sky. A woman lived there and became ill. She begged her husband to get things from a sacred tree. Upon refusal
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The Bible vs. The World on a Turtle’s Back The coming of man has always been ambiguous. Religion‚ ethnicity‚ and culture all participate in the coming of man. How mankind came into existence has many different versions‚ many of which lie in the Torah‚ Koran‚ and Bible. “The World on a Turtle’s Back” is the Iroquois belief of creation‚ divergent to “The Creation Story” from the Bible. Though these versions are about the same topic‚ they both differ on several accounts. “And God said‚ let there
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Anuj Patel September 30‚ 2010 English 11 1st Period The Earth on Turtle’s Back & the Navajo Origin Legend Native Americans have great respect for the natural world. They believe that each creature has its own power by which it maintains itself and affects others. Each Native American culture has its own name for this power‚ but many Native American cultures recognize a Great Spirit- an invisible power that is the source of life and good for humans. Many of the animals that helped feed and
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of myth is a creation myth that explains how the world came to be. Almost every people have their own creation myths which their ancestors have passed down. Many creation myths are similar in their details but there are some that are completely different like “The World on the Turtles Back” and “Birth in the Dawn”. “The world on the Turtles back”‚ which is a Iriquios myth‚ tells us that in the beginning there was a pregnant woman from the sky world that was craving delicious foods. While trying to
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In the Iroquois myth‚ “The World on the Turtle’s Back‚” their cultural traditions and value of balance are gathered through the details in the story. This story is about the creation of the world and the beginning of Iroquois culture and values‚ both of which are seen through the twin brothers‚ right-handed and left-handed. Being complete opposites‚ the brothers constantly challenged one another. The twins had powers which allowed them to give life to animals and plants. The right-handed brother
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Before this Earth existed‚ there was only water. It stretched as far as one could see‚ and in that water there were birds and animals swimming around. Far above‚ in the clouds‚ there was a Skyland. In that Skyland there was a great and beautiful tree. It had four white roots which stretched to each of the sacred directions‚ and from its branches all kinds of fruits and flowers grew. There was an ancient chief in theSkyland. His young wife was expecting a child‚ and one night she dreamed that she
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