This paper looks into the Haida and Anishinaabe creation stories‚ as well as looking at the bear clan and using the bear clan perspective to analyze both those stories. According to the lecture entitled “Anishinaabe Governance Structures” the bear clan takes on a protective role amongst its people‚ with roles that include patrollers‚ peacekeepers‚ healers‚ and solitary warriors. The Haida creation story is about a raven who finds himself in a town in the sky country. The raven takes the place of
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The Iroquois creation myth has been around since at least 1142 A.D. in the Iroquois nation in North America‚ in what is now known as New York‚ Quebec‚ and Ontario. While the minor details may change depending on who tells you the story‚ the main premise remains the same. Each story describes the planet pre-dating humans as an unlimited expanse of water with no land in sight‚ with the humans inhabited a place in the high-reaches of the sky where the forests were forests were full of game‚ rivers
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"Egyptian Creation Myth" The story begins with the ocean. Out of the ocean comes an egg‚ and out of the egg comes Ra; god of the sun. "When the world first started‚ only the ocean was there. Ra came out of his egg when it appeared on the surface of the water. He was the first Egyptian god" (Ancient Egypt Online). Ra later spat out his children Shu and Tefnut. Shu is his son‚ the god of air. Tefnut is his daughter‚ the goddess of moisture. Later‚ Tefnut gave birth to two children; Geb
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The foundation of almost every culture in the world has a creation myth explaining how the wonders of the earth came to be. These myths have a powerful influence over the people’s culture‚ and the way they think about their surroundings. Creation myths usually begin with the theme of birth; birth represents new life and a new beginning. Creation myths develop over the centuries through oral tradition‚ and are the most common form of myths found throughout human culture (Murtagh). The Maori are
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present within most creation stories as the genesis of life because of its indispensable life sustaining properties. The oldest religious literature of India is the Rig-Veda; a hymn from the Rig Veda claims that human life began “in the watery darkness” (Fiero 14). Another creation story passed down orally by African tribal people says that life originated in “the slender grasses that grow in wet‚ marshy soil” (Fiero 14). This is very similar to Egyptian myths of creation that stated “At the beginning
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there is only one myth that can hold distinction of explaining where life itself came from: the creation myth. These are myths that are unique to every culture‚ society‚ and religion known to mankind because without them people would not have understood where they and all the living things in the world came from. Two examples of these myths are the Mesopotamian creation myth and the Hebrew creation
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The two creation myths In the Apache Creation Story it starts out with with no earth‚ sky‚ sun‚ or moon we only had darkness. Then there was was a thin disc‚ on one side it was yellow and on the other it was white. Within the disc sat a small bearded man‚ the creator‚ the one‚ Who Lives Above. When he looked into the darkness appeared light. When he looked down a sea of light appeared. After that he rubbed his hands and threw them down a shining cloud appeared with a little girl on top. “Stand up
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China’s Creation Story In the beginning‚ the heaven and earth were still one and all was in chaos. The universe was like a big black egg‚ carrying Pan Gu inside itself. After eighteen thousand years‚ Pan Gu woke up from a long sleep. Because he felt suffocated‚ he took up a broad ax and wielded it with all his might to crack open the egg in which he is in. He formed the heavens and the cold‚ turbid matter formed the earth. Pan Gu stood between them‚ his head touching the sky‚ his feet planted on
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Genesis 1:1-2:4a In the beginning‚ when God created the heavens and the earth 2 and the earth was without form or shape‚ with darkness over the abyss and a mighty wind sweeping over the waters 3 Then God said: Let there be light‚ and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good. God then separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day‚” and the darkness he called “night.” Evening came‚ and morning followed—the first day. 6 Then God said: Let there be a dome in the middle
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religions of the world have a creation story‚ some share common elements‚ while others are something much different. Three creation stories that share similar structure are‚ “The Creation and Emergence” of the Jicarilla Indians‚ “The Golden Chain” of the Yorubans‚ and the story of “Genesis” of the Hebrews. Each of these stories gives the background for the creation of earth and man‚ but each shows how the way of life in a particular religion is evidence in its creation story. While these three stories
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