Comparing Iroquois Creation Story And The First Book Of Genesis

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The similarities between religions can vary, sometimes they’re no differences at all. When it comes to the stories of the Iroquois and Judeo-Christian, the differences are great. To begin with, looking at Judeo-Christian, the earth was created by a powerful spiritual being who decided to create it one day. God created the Earth, and everything with it. Including the oceans, skies, land and even the first humans to walk the Earth.

Today we have two stories, both based on same topic; Creation of earth. One is called the Iroquois story of creation, which is about the woman that fell from the sky. Then we have the Genesis Creation story which is about how god created the earth.

The judeo-Christian story is very well known creation story. The Christian religion is very familiar to this story. The other story is called Iroquois creation this is a Native American story of how the Earth came to a beginning. There is many similarities and differences in this story. One of the differences is that in the Christian story the Earth was made by God.

In David Cusick’s version of “The Iroquois Creation Story,” it begins by there being two worlds-an upper and a lower. The upper world contained humans while the “lower world was in great darkness; -the possession of the great monster” (pg. 23). In the upper world a woman conceives twins and falls towards the lower world. The creatures of the lower world gathered together in the spot where she would land. The only creature that would be able to hold the women was the large turtle with the Earth on his shell.

Over 4,000 years ago the Iroquois tribes began to inhabit North America (“The Iroquois Tribes”). Just as every other community that inhabited the earth, the Iroquois had elaborate stories and myths of how different phenomenon occurred. Their creation myth tells of how the earth came about and how the stars, moon, sun, rivers, and plants came along. The Iroquois tell their creation myth using the earth-diver archetype.