historically powerful tribe in the northeast Native American confederacy. The Iroquois tribe originally called their confederacy Kanonsionni‚ which means "people of the longhouse" but today they go by the name Haudenosaunee. The Iroquois are a tribe made up of six nations. Their creation story uses an unique perspective that is uncommon and not as well known. The creation myth of the Iroquois people was built off of the Native American culture‚ made more realistic with the creation elements seen in the
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Max Sandy 10/3/12 World Civilization The Creation of the Creation Mythos Myths are a vital key to understanding not only a culture’s history‚ and also its future. A society’s ethics and mores are portrayed through a myth’s oral and written tradition that is passed down from generation to generation and is most often used as a teaching tool. Since creation myths are such a good set of tools every culture has some form of them. Creation myths are an important aspect of teaching a culture’s children
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MYTHICAL EXPLANATIONS – the creation myth Creation myths evolve in nearly as many ways as there are cultures. Sometimes they are used to solidify political power‚ as when Egypt moved back and forth from the gods Aten and Amen. More frequently they are used to explain the unknown. Some cultures used the familiar (animals‚ clay‚ mud‚ etc) to explain their existence‚ while others used the sun and moon‚ which were IN their lives‚ but not OF them. The Inuit creation myth turns the emergence tradition
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Creation of Myths “Myths which are believed in tend to become true.” In the greek myths “Echo and Narcissus‚” “Demeter and Persephone‚” and “Arachne‚” they all have creations. The creations in all these myths are believable‚ in my opionion. In the myth “Echo and Narcissus‚” an echo and a flower were created. In the myth “Demeter and Persephone‚” the seasons were created. In the myth “Arachne‚” a spider was created. First‚ a flower and echo is created in “Echo and Narcissus.” In the myth
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Creation stories are some of the oldest pieces of literature that exist. Before creation stories were written down and printed‚ they were retold through generations. Creation stories often describe to people who or what they are‚ why they are in a particular place‚ and how they should continue to live in that particular place. “The World on the Turtle’s Back” reminds the people of those three things. In the creation story “The World on the Turtle’s Back”‚ the people are told who and what they are
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Creation Myths: Norse & Egyptian Hokulani Kitayama HUM105 August 14‚ 2012 Creation Myths: Norse & Egyptian Creation myths are present in all cultures of the world‚ and while these stories reflect very different beliefs of creation‚ they also possess many similarities as well. Each culture from around the world has developed beliefs and cosmogony that help them to understand the most ancient and primordial of questions: where did we come from? Ancient civilizations bore stories of
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Before this Earth existed‚ there was only water. It stretched as far as one could see‚ and in that water there were birds and animals swimming around. Far above‚ in the clouds‚ there was a Skyland. In that Skyland there was a great and beautiful tree. It had four white roots which stretched to each of the sacred directions‚ and from its branches all kinds of fruits and flowers grew. There was an ancient chief in theSkyland. His young wife was expecting a child‚ and one night she dreamed that she
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Creation of Snow and Jack Frost Long ago‚ the weather was just warm and the grass was just green. Every person on earth was happy the way they were‚ and the way everything was. God was always trying to bring new things into Earth‚ to complete its perfectness. One day God had this big feeling that he needed to create something for Earth and his people. But what could it be? Everything was already so perfect. So God asked and angel named Jack to go down to Earth and figure out what was missing. Jack
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Creation myth are mythical views of the begin of the world. they usually have the core values in the creation myths. the core values can be express by their religious‚ ritual‚ or by their community. The Australian and navajo creation myths are similar in many ways‚ but have differences that show an inherently different way of thinking about the world. All have creators-gods that make the world into what is now. There are conflicts within their world‚ and these conflicts change the face world. Two
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where peace and kindness with last eternally. One day the Queen Fiona and King Shrek decided to retire due to the chaos of the animals and tried to figure out what animals can represent the man or woman and that animal can become the symbol of life again. It was the hardest decision for the Queen Fiona and King Shrek to choose what animal can stay to lead on the human race to a better and enduring life of happiness. Finally‚ after days of hard work of searching‚ they choose the giraffe to
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