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Forbidden Tree: Similarities Between The Stories Of The Iroquois And The Bible

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With the earth 's creation there is many theories to how it became one, one of those of which we read in class and the other got explained to us by a partner. Both of which were either the Iroquois or the Bible story. In both stories, even though two different stories there are many similarities and differences. Examples of some similarities mentioned in both stories would be the forbidden tree, the two young children, the woman are both instigators, and the last one similarity in both stories is that the men are naive. The forbidden tree is a tree that is mentioned in both stories but somewhat different, in the Sky woman story the tree is not to be touched other than the fruit that grows on it which the people are able to eat without getting

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