No two cultural or society is exactly the same. The Iroquois and Christians display how every culture has something that makes it different from any other culture. Every culture in one way or the other holds a deity of some sort to a higher status. What often differs between the cultures is the level of importance or value placed on this higher deity. The Bible places God on a level much higher than any humans could ever be on. God is seen as the almighty creator of everything in this world from
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heavens and the Earth‚” but according to the Iroquois‚ the creation of life took place in a much different way. Throughout the book of Genesis in the New Testament‚ the description of the creation goes by days. In the story “The World on a Turtle’s Back‚” the creation of Earth happens in a series of events‚ all caused by the gods in the Sky World. According to the Hebrews‚ the sky and Earth were created by the commanding of God‚ unlike what the Iroquois foretold. Consequently‚ God was said to have
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- Kintu – first man‚ and brings a cow‚ and drinks her milk to stay alive. He wanders around and sees two sisters; Nambi and her sister are the daughters of Mugulu who is the god of the Sky. - They eventually walk up to him and ask him what he is doin on the earth. He says he is a man‚ and has to eat. The girls think he is weird and go running back to their father. And Mugulu asks questions about this man. - Mugulu decides he wants to tests man’s capabilities to survive. He sends his sons to find
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1/28 The Iroquois Creation Story: (17) * The Good Mind and The Bad Mind are the two main characters who were twins born by a woman that inhabited the universe * The woman drops down into the lower earth and sits on a turtle to give birth * The turtle changes into an island with sparse vegetation before her birth * While the baby was in the womb‚ the evil twin came out from underneath the mother’s arm causing her to die‚ “the bad mind” * The Good Mind creates the sun and moon
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– Unit 1 Makers of America – The Iroquois I found the article Makers in America – The Iroquois an interesting read. I remember learning about them somewhat back in grade school and some in high school. I didn’t remember that Hiawatha and Deganawidah were the two leaders that founded the Iroquois that were bound together by five Indian nations. The five nations included the Mohawks‚ the Oneidas‚ the Onondagas‚ the Cayugas‚ and the Senecas. The Iroquois fought against neighboring Indians for
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Assignment The Iroquois: People of the Longhouse Prepared for: Victor Gulewitsch TA: Cecibel Rodriguez ANTH*1150*02 Prepared By: Ellen Griffin Student ID: 0726506 Date: March 17‚ 2011 The Iroquois: People of the Longhouse Introduction The Iroquois are considered a branch of North American Indians‚ also known as Haudenosaunee or the “People of the Longhouse”. The Iroquois have greatly contributed to society through initiating the Iroquois confederacy also called the Iroquois League formed in
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Iroquois Indians and Lacrosse Lacrosse is a sport played worldwide and is centerpiece of the Iroquois Indian culture. This sport involves using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse (aka lacrosse stick) and because this is a contact sport‚ it requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh that is designed to catch and hold the lacrosse ball. The object of the game is to score by shooting the call into the opponent’s goal. The stick can be used to
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Creation story: Hebrew vs Iran How did every living thing come to be? This is a question that has baffled millions from the beginning and even until the present. Before there was science to meddle their thoughts into the answer‚ cultures around the world were looking for ways to resolve this unknown thought. Within every region has what they believe to be the correct myth; however‚ sometimes those myths are affected by overlapping cultures. The end result are myths that appear to be very similar
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Iroquois The next group of people I chose to research on was the Iroquois. The Iroquois are part of the woodland Indians and are also known to be one of the most recognized in that group. For thousands of years‚ they have lived near the lower Great Lakes in Ohio‚ Pennsylvania‚ New York and also further north into Canada. The Iroquoians were very smart and learned how to use the forests around them as a source of what they needed. They also grew corn‚ beans and squash on fields which then became
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Cosmic Creation Myths across Cultures Paper Selena Siegmund University of Phoenix Hum/105 Cosmic Creation Myths across Cultures Creation is the “act of producing or the cause to exist” (Dictionary‚ 2012‚ pg.1). How the world is created is the big mystery that surrounds the minds of science. Cultures around the world each have interpretations on how the world was created. Creation myths show what represents the sky‚ earth‚ and underworld. These myths tell whether the creators where male or
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