Summary Of The Earth On Turtle's Back

There are a lot of spiritual meanings with animals and nature within these stories.

However, how they explain and how they celebrate these meanings is different. Within The Earth on Turtle’s Back they say how the animals can talk and that they are able to dive to bring the earth up. When Grizzlies Walked Upright explains how the humans believe that they descended from the bears. The Navajo Origin Legend explains how the people use the animals and what the animals help with. The Iroquois Constitution explains how they community makes peace with each other and the animals and how their spirits have gone down generations. The Earth on The Turtle's Back compares to The Navajo Origin because it shows how the animals are a big part of the natives community. Within the first story it explains how the women fell into the Earth and how the creatures all surrounded her and did all they can and risked their lives to help. The Navajo Origin shows how they animals pelts and the crops help them every day in their lives. The difference between both of them is how the
The Iroquois Constitution doesn’t have much to do with any animals it more has to do with celebrating generations and holding love and peace within the community but it also shows how to be strong. It celebrates ancestors and gives the chiefs place down by generation. It explains how to be chief and how to manage everything with the community and the spiritual beliefs. In The Modoc tale it explains how people came to earth. The bears took care of the human children as if they were bear cubs. As people noticed they bang turning the bears into animals and wouldn’t let them walk and talk like animals but to get in all four and no longer talk. They couldn’t kill these animals because they believe that the animals are people too. They have many beliefs about animals and how they are people