How Stories Came To Earth, And How Stories Came To Earth

In “The Truth about Stories”, Thomas King, demonstrate connection between the Native storytelling and the authentic world. He examines various themes in the stories such as; oppression, racism, identity and discrimination. He uses the creational stories and implies in to the world today and points out the racism and identity issues the Native people went through and are going through. The surroundings shape individuals’ life and a story plays vital roles. How one tells a story has huge impact on the listeners and readers. King uses sarcastic tone as he tells the current stories of Native people and his experiences. He points out to the events and incidents such as the government apologizing for the colonialism, however, words remains as

Scientists have found that the Earth was formed about 4.6 billion years ago by collisions in the giant disc-shaped cloud of material that also formed the Sun. As gravity slowly gathered this gas and dust together into clumps, it became asteroids and small early planets called planetesimals. These objects collided repeatedly and gradually got bigger, building up the planets in the Solar System. Although scientists are very close to answering the question, they still continue to search for the exact answer to how the Earth was created. With all the evidence presented, it is hard to refute from scientific theories. This becomes cumbersome to many religions because in their eyes God has always been the creator of the Earth.

When the modern person ponders the formation of human beings, our mind automatically goes to Adam and Eve, whom were the first man and woman created by God according to the Book of Genesis. Before there was Adam and Eve, diverse cultures came up with myths about the construction of humans. These myths included: “The Song of Creation” from the Rig Veda, An African Creation Tale, From the Popol Vuh, and A Native American Creation Tale “How Man Was Created” Each one of these legends gives a diverse perspective on the creation of human beings.

William G. Doty explains, “their narratives can be road maps for fundamental change. . . . a new technology for the human race. Like social ceremonies, trickster stories [are] always restoring some sort of tolerance or balance”(11). The trickster models a negative behaviour and through the repercussions of that choice the trickster shares a moral to reader to restore the balance they disturbed. In the Sioux story “Coyote, Iktome, and the Rock” the coyote tries to retrieve a blanket he gave to the rock as a gift, and in turn the rock ends up rolling over him. The end of the tale explains “Friends, hear this: always be generous in heart. If you have something to give, give it forever”(Leeming, D & Page, J., 52). The narratives usually end with the world restored to its original order while nurturing and mentoring the reader into making respectable

The theme the two stories share is about growing up. In the story "Brothers are the Same" Temas had to attempt to slay a lion to prove to the Masai

There are many different types of stories, some fairy tales and some are origin myths. Within each story there are different things not seen by just reading the story and not thinking about the deeper meaning behind it. Such as in origin myths there are cultural characteristics. Cultural characteristics are the beliefs of a culture in which its society is based off of. These cultural characteristics can be seen as a blend of beliefs that tie the people to the land around them. This is very evident when looking at the creation stories of ingenious people. Each culture has different characteristics. For example the indigenous creation stories called “The Earth on Turtle’s Back”, “When Grizzlies Walked Upright”, and the Navajo origin legend; all have characteristics of the Native American culture. Such as the Native American cultural characteristics that you should respect animals, nature, and elders. Those cultural characteristics are very evident throughout the first two stories. The third creation story has different cultural characteristics.

In the trickster tale “Coyote Steals Fire” and “MasterCat” the similarities they shared were they all had to accomplish their goals. In “Coyote Steals Fire” his goal was to beat Thunder god in a gambling game for fire. In “Master Cat” the cat wanted to steal the king’s wealth from him to help Miller’s son to be wealthy or look wealthy. “Coyote Steals Fire” was a coyote that wanted fire. “Master Cat” was a cat who wanted to be like no other cat he wanted wealth. “Coyote Steals Fire” uses anthropomorphism case he talks, walks, dresses himself, and gambles. “Master Cat” he walks on hind legs, talks, and he’s cunning. “Coyote Steals

As Scott Peek once said, “Share our similarities, celebrate our differences”. Both “The World on the Turtle’s Back” and the“Grandmother Spider Steals the Fire” are different but embrace the differences to display a similar story. “The World on the Turtle’s Back” is a story about how a selfish woman takes the bark off a tree and falls into the world below, through the help of many animals she needs to find a way back or her life will be no more. The “Grandmother Spider Steals the Fire” is a story about how the animals in the east need to find someone that will keep them alive, but the most unlikely hero will be their only chance to save the animal race. The two stories despite the differences, show strong similarities through the relationship between animals and humans, the relationship between humans and spirits, and a shared prevalent theme.

In both stories they both use anthropomorphism. Anthropomorphism is when animals perform animal characteristics. In the two stories, the protagonists are both animals. One is a cat and the other is a coyote. Both characters achieved their goals. The cat and the coyote are both cunning, meaning clever. The master cat tricked the ogre into turning into a mouse so the cat could eat him. And the coyote cheated in the game dice and won. On the rock he put his

There are a good bit of similarities in the trickster tales of “How Stories Came to Earth” and “Coyote Steals Fire”. The first similarity is that both stories, the animals had goals. In “How Stories Came to Earth” Anansi was trying to get the stories from the sky god. In “Coyote Steals Fire” coyote tries to get fire from the thunder god. The next similarity is that both stories used anthropomorphism. In

Genesis is the book of creation. It tells how everything and everyone came to be. In Genesis there are two different creation stories. Based off of my knowledge in chapter one, it starts by God creating everything, from the Earth to humans; man and woman. In the second story, it talks about how God created Eve from the rib of Adam. So basically how woman came from man.

Within the two trickster tales of “Master Cat” and “How Stories Came to Earth” there are multiple similarities. One of the Similarities in these trickster tales are that they both have anthropomorphism which, is when animals or gods are given human characteristics. An example of this in “Master Cat” is that the cat is able to walk and also talk. In “How Stories Came to Earth” is when the spider built traps to catch different creatures.

On some levels, origin stories are just that, stories. Growing up, whenever I read origin stories or myths, they seemed extremely unrealistic and I always questioned whether they were actually true or just make belief. As I became older, I began to develop a better understanding of things, and when I reread those stories, I realized that there was a much bigger picture behind every story. Origin stories are essentially traditional tales, usually ones that concern the early history of people, or that explain some natural or social phenomenon. A lot of the time origin stories have animals or objects depicting humans, or have some sort supernatural activities going on which makes the stories seem unrealistic, but behind all of that I was always able to find some sort of message or explanation that proved to be very useful. Some origin stories would explain how our ancestors came to be, others would include a moral but most importantly, every story was like a window, a window that allowed us to get a better comprehension of our past. A big question that is always being asked is “Should origin stories be encouraged to people”? My answer is yes. Yes we should encourage origin stories because they teach us valuable life lessons, solidify and shape our cultures, and give us a deeper understanding of our past.

Many people tell stories to inform others about themselves. Throughout my life people in my family have told me many stories, and behind each story there is a purpose. The stories I was told growing up were about experiences that people in my family have had or things that I have done. These stories mean a lot to me because through these stories different family members reveal many things about themselves. They want me to understand their ideas, beliefs, or feelings about a certain subject. They want people to praise or admire what they have done or accomplished. Funny stories are told to humor or embarrass someone, usually me. Other stories express that we are not alone in the world, and there are other people,

Each creation story highlights the most important aspects of the cultures that wrote them. Not only do they show the values of the people, but they can give us an insight into how these cultures might have been. Comparing the Atra-hasis, Rig Veda, Genesis, Yijing, and Popol Vuh has uncovered many distinct themes when focusing on the time and place the creation story occurred. Patterns found in creation stories from different parts of the world show how similar human beings are.