Preview

The World On A Turtle's Back

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
860 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
The World On A Turtle's Back
A question is a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply. The most popular question that has been asked by a lot of people in the world today is, " how this world came to be ?" We've heard so many stories as to how this world came to be, some stories are religious, some are myths and some are the evolution story. Speaking of, " how this world came to be," the first story is about the christian's belief on how this world came to be. It's about Adam and Eve, the first man and woman that God created. In the story about Adam and Eve, they talk about how Eve was made from the rib of Adam, and that God made them in The Garden of Eden, which was said to be the most beautiful place in Heaven. They …show more content…
The myth, " The World On A Turtle's Back " talks about aa Sky World, in the Sky World, ther is a pregnant woman, and her husband, there was also a forbidden tree. The woman became curious and wanted bark from the forbidden tree. She wanted her husband to get the bark, but he refused, so he dug a hole in the ground for her. The woman leaned down, and stuck her head through the hole, and she looked around. Unfortunately, she fell through the hole, some birds saw her falling and caught her on their wings, then rested her on the back of a turtle. When she woke up, she was surrounded by animals, she then realized that there was some roots from the tree stuck inbetween her fingers, so she was on a quest to find dirt. The animals searched everywhere for dirt, they finally decided to search under the sea, the beaver was the one to go all the way to the bottom and get dirt, but he came up dead. They gave him CPR and he came back to life. They took the dirt and planted the roots on the turtle's back, and the woman walked in the direction of the sun. Some time when by, she gave birth to a girl. They had to survive off the turtle's back. Years went by, the daughter grew up, and one day a mysterious man appeared out of nowhere and put two arrows across her chest, one sharp, and one dull. As time when by, she discovered that she was expecting twins. Months went by, and it was time

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    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.…

    • 467 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    It was so strong, and deep that they couldn't bring it up. The Chief finally came and took down the tree and put it on it’s side. The wife of the chief went to look down the hole that was left there holding onto a tree branch. But the tree branch broke and she ended up falling into the hole. The animals seen her falling.…

    • 200 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Later on in Genesis 2, Adam needs a help mate to look over the garden, but none of the animals in the garden are to Adam’s satisfaction, so God then makes a woman (Eve) out of Adam’s rib while he is asleep. On a side note, Adam and Eve are both naked and neither one of them are ashamed…

    • 1124 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Pigs In Heaven Analysis

    • 643 Words
    • 3 Pages

    When she was given Turtle to her by one of the tribe members at a bar the baby was abused badly and was not cared for so Taylor nursed the baby back to health. With Turtle growing up with Taylor her entire life she doesn’t want to leave her and neither does Taylor. So the next time Annawake visits their home she finds they had already left. Taylor and Turtle then go and stay at Lucky Buster’s mother hotel until Annawake leaves. After they hear that he's still looking for Turtle they flee to Las Vegas to go into hiding. Taylor spends the rest of their money trying to make profit for them and just when their hope is lost Taylor’s mother Alice had come down to offer them support and to run away from the Cherokee Nation and her uncaring husband. When they are leaving they meet a waitress who is a little nutty and they feel bad for her so they give her a ride out of Las Vegas. Later on she steals Taylor’s remaining money one day on their way back. After that Taylor decides to return…

    • 643 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    “And God said, let there be light: and there was light.” (Genesis 1:3). Christian’s believe in one God as their only creator. This is known as monotheism. According to Genesis, the first chapter of the Bible, God had created light and separated it from darkness, thus creating day and night. “The Creation Story” from the Bible later reveals that the earth was created in six days and rested on the seventh (Genesis 1). Opposing the Bible, “The World on a Turtle’s Back” begins with a pregnant women infatuated with strange delicacies. The women had demanded that her husband gather bark from the roots of a sacred tree. The disobedient husband did not accept the mission so the pregnant wife had become very impatient and bent over to collect the bark from the roots herself. Meanwhile, the women fell. As the women fell downward, she frantically tried to grip anything she could find hanging on the edge of the Sky-World to catch her fall. The story continues by explaining how the birds of the sea gently caught the women and calmly placed her on the back of a turtle. The creatures of the sea tended to the women by getting all necessary materials she needed. The muskrat had gathered her soul from the bottom of the sea. While on the turtle’s back, the women planted the roots she had gathered on the descending trip. From there, the women began to walk in a circle the direction in which the sun goes and the earth began to grow (WOTB 36). Right from the beginning, these two stories are…

    • 922 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Question Chapters 1 5

    • 1533 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Genesis 2.4b-3.24 explains about the creation and describes the Garden of Eden along the events that occur inside such Garden. God plants a garden in Eden, briefly describing the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. However this part is focused on the creation of the persons. It explain the creation of Adam, meaning “humankind” in Hebrew. In Genesis 2.23, God puts the man in a deep sleep and from his rib bone make the woman. This may be understood as females come from the male and indicates the possibility of heterosexual attraction between them.…

    • 1533 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Cosmic Myths Woksheet

    • 924 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Myth 2: The rib, which the Lord had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.…

    • 924 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    She was not as strong as the others but she was determined. The tiny muskrat was able to bring the earth up but had nowhere to put it. The great turtle suggested to place the Earth on his back. The Earth fell on the back of the turtle and grew larger and larger until it became the…

    • 174 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    1. Why did you decide to read this book? At first, I was going to pick the book “The boy in the striped pyjamas” of John Boyne since I’ve read it in Vietnamese verse and so blown away by it as such a distinguished perspective into the Holocaust and the Auschwitz concentration camp. But because I’ve already read it, the book would just be a safe choice for me…

    • 1724 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Earth on Turtle’s Back The story I chose to write about is The Earth on Turtle’s back. I chose this selection because it’s based upon a mythical story which has been around for decades. After reading this story, I came to a conclusion about the Native Americans. The Native Americans had high hopes and valid respect for nature and their natural environment.…

    • 412 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    In “The World on the Turtle’s Back” I noticed that there are several positive traits in the Native American culture. One trait shown in the text was that the Iroquois people were very caring and wanted to help one another out as best as they could. In the story this was found when the pregnant woman was falling and the flock of birds teamed up to catch her and break her fall. The next trait shows how the Iroquois people are courageous and willing to risk everything to help someone out or help everyone. During the creation myth the muskrat built up enough courage to go to the bottom of the sea to get some dirt for the woman to grow her crops on.…

    • 244 Words
    • 1 Page
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The creation stories “The World on a Turtle’s Back” of the Iroquois and “The Golden Chain” of the Yoruba help to define what they see as their place in the world and what they value most. Values of the Iroquois include nature, balance, and natural cycles. Key values of the Yoruba are diversity, nature, and productivity. Both the Iroquois and the Yoruba tell tales encompassing the importance of nature and its purpose; however, their views on the roles of people on Earth and on new ways of thinking differ from each other, distinguishing the two…

    • 96 Words
    • 1 Page
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Humanities Paper2

    • 1472 Words
    • 3 Pages

    If Genesis 2-3 were written from Eve’s point of view it might tell a different story than what we are familiar with. The LORD God had created the earth in six days but even someone as great as he needed a day to rest. The seventh day was a day of rest and God made it a holy day. Upon beholding his creation the LORD God realized that “he had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground” (2:5). Finally he caused a mist to rise from the earth and water everything; I had no reason not to believe what I was told; that Adam, the first man came into existence because “the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul” (Gen. 2:7). God created a garden in the eastern parts of Eden and Adam grew to know this as his home.…

    • 1472 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Compassion Fatigue

    • 1480 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Orosco, S. (2011). The Effectiveness of Self-care Practices in Combating Compassion Fatigue in a Crisis Intervention Setting. Ohio: Abilene Christian University.…

    • 1480 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    In The Earth on Turtle’s Back the story talks about how a woman from Skyland has a dream about a sacred tree then falls down to earth, where she is then caught by water creatures and then placed…

    • 647 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays