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One of the most well known creation and destruction stories is the one that originated from western Asia, the story of Genesis or the creation story of God. The reason being is the story of Genesis was shared across the world with the spread of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.

Native American Myths of Creation. Apache. Myth 1. In the beginning was only Tepeu and Gucumatz (Feathered Serpent) who also wintry the name Quetzalcoatl. These two sat together and thought, and whatever they thought came into being. They thought Earth, and there it was. They thought mountains, and so there were.

It was thus that medicine first came into the world, to counteract the revenge of the animals. James Mooney, 1900, Myths of the Cherokee: Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology for 1897-1898, Part 1, p. 1-576. (J84.SI2.1 pt. 1 1897-98) Back to the Table of Contents of Creation Stories from around the World.

How the World Was Made (Creation Story) Cherokee Natives The earth is a great island floating in a sea of water, and suspended at each of the four cardinal points by a cord hanging down from the.

Essay on The Myths Of The, Cherokee, And Maori People.. (Creation Story World 33). Therefore, the snake making this bad decision, led to Yahweh cursing the snake Shouting, “Because of what you have done, you are cursed more than any other animal, and you will have to crawl on your belly in the dust, and you will be eaten by the offspring.

Cherokee Creation Myth. In each module of this course, you will find a sound-scape; an audio presentation that ties in with the module content. In Module 1, our sound-scape is a myth from the Cherokee Indians. Native American tribes, as is true with most early civilizations.

Did You Know? Cherokee Syllabary. Did you know that the first material printed in the Cherokee Indian alphabet was a translation of the first five verses of the book of Genesis? This work was published in the Missionary Herald in December 1827.

Read the introductory essay, “Cherokee Story-telling Traditions: Forming Identity, Building Community.” Depending upon the grade level of students, instructors may elect to assign this brief essay to students (see Lesson 1), or they may use the essay as background information (see Lessons 2 and 3).

Essay. Stories describing creation are prominent in many cultures of the world. In Mesopotamia, the surviving evidence from the third millennium to the end of the first millennium B.C. indicates that although many of the gods were associated with natural forces, no single myth addressed issues of initial creation. It was simply assumed that the gods existed before the world was formed.

The Old Ones say that at one time all of Creation spoke the same language. The plants could communicate with the finned ones, the four-leggeds could speak with the trees, the stones could talk with the wind, and even the most dependent, most pitiful part of creation, the two-leggeds, or as we have come to call ourselves, the humans, could also speak with the other parts of creation.

Creation Myths (Similarities and Differences) Essay Sample. Because the creation of the universe has intrigued mankind for ages, creation stories are formulated in attempt to provide answers to the question of existence. People want to explain phenomenon and the unknown.

Creation stories of the Apache, Cherokee, Diegueno, Hopi, Tlingit, Yokuts, and Yuchi on Many Circles Library of Folklore and International Stories: a site by Dr. LaMay Creation Story - Iroquoian An Iroquoian Story of Creation was compiled by Anataras (Alan Brant) from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory near Belleville, Ontario, Canada.