The Iroquois's Story And The Judeo-Christian Story: The Creation Story
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 God.
Another difference is the importance of nature. In the Iroquois nature or animals is what basically helped create everything along with the character "Sky Woman" or the Grandmother. Sky Woman fell from an overhead place called “Sky World”. As she was falling two geese helped her land safely. Soon after, many species of animals helped her collect dirt and laid it along the back of the turtle which then grew larger and larger creating a space extremely too large to be seen all at once. Sky Woman then gained much appreciation for the animals and would honor them …show more content…
For example both have a tree that plays a significant role. The tree in the Iroquois story has fruit that all can eat from but you must stay away from the roots for it will harm the tree. In the other story there's a garden from which all trees can be eaten from but there is one tree in particular that is prohibited. Going along with the importance of the tree, woman played a huge role in both tales. Although they both were important roles, they again portrayed very opposing roles. In the Iroquois tribe women are admired because of Sky Woman’s accomplishments. To christians, men are more significant and women aren’t so much because of what Eve did. As i had started to mention earlier, women have to do with the importance of the tree because they both were very disobedient because they went to the tree and ate from what they weren't supposed
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 God.
Another difference is the importance of nature. In the Iroquois nature or animals is what basically helped create everything along with the character "Sky Woman" or the Grandmother. Sky Woman fell from an overhead place called “Sky World”. As she was falling two geese helped her land safely. Soon after, many species of animals helped her collect dirt and laid it along the back of the turtle which then grew larger and larger creating a space extremely too large to be seen all at once. Sky Woman then gained much appreciation for the animals and would honor them …show more content…
For example both have a tree that plays a significant role. The tree in the Iroquois story has fruit that all can eat from but you must stay away from the roots for it will harm the tree. In the other story there's a garden from which all trees can be eaten from but there is one tree in particular that is prohibited. Going along with the importance of the tree, woman played a huge role in both tales. Although they both were important roles, they again portrayed very opposing roles. In the Iroquois tribe women are admired because of Sky Woman’s accomplishments. To christians, men are more significant and women aren’t so much because of what Eve did. As i had started to mention earlier, women have to do with the importance of the tree because they both were very disobedient because they went to the tree and ate from what they weren't supposed