Genesis Vs Iroquois
As Genesis 1:1 states, “In the beginning, God created the 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 commanded that the Earth create all sorts of animals, including wild and tame ones, but the Iroquois state that the left-handed and right-handed twins created the animals that still roam Earth to this day. Moreover, in the Iroquois myth, the formation of man occurred when the pregnant
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Unlike in the story “The World on a Turtle’s Back,” animals in the book of Genesis are created when God says, “I command the Earth to give life to all kinds of tame animals, wild animals, and reptiles.” Comparatively, the animals in the
Iroquois story are created by the left-handed and right-handed twins. According to the story, the left-handed twin created aggressive and carnivorous animals such as the bear and weasel, while the right-handed twin created smarter and tamer animals such as the ground squirrel and the porcupine. Correspondingly, the balance that occurs between the animals of Earth is due to the differences between the left and right-handed twins. Unlike the left-handed twin, the right-handed twin created creatures that would outsmart the ferocious animals that his brother brought to life. Sure enough, the left-handed twin continued to create a series of different animals that could slaughter the creatures his brother put on Earth. In the end, the two different categories of creatures balanced each other out, and to this day, this balance is what maintains populations in all
Unlike in the story “The World on a Turtle’s Back,” animals in the book of Genesis are created when God says, “I command the Earth to give life to all kinds of tame animals, wild animals, and reptiles.” Comparatively, the animals in the
Iroquois story are created by the left-handed and right-handed twins. According to the story, the left-handed twin created aggressive and carnivorous animals such as the bear and weasel, while the right-handed twin created smarter and tamer animals such as the ground squirrel and the porcupine. Correspondingly, the balance that occurs between the animals of Earth is due to the differences between the left and right-handed twins. Unlike the left-handed twin, the right-handed twin created creatures that would outsmart the ferocious animals that his brother brought to life. Sure enough, the left-handed twin continued to create a series of different animals that could slaughter the creatures his brother put on Earth. In the end, the two different categories of creatures balanced each other out, and to this day, this balance is what maintains populations in all