Analysis Of The Earth On Turtle's Back: A Creation Myth

The creation story of Chippewa is pretty interesting to research about. Chippewa is really associate Anglo pronunciationcof the word “Ojibwa. By researching about these people I found out that Chippewa calls themselves“Anishinaabe,” which basically means real people or original people. Anishinaabe created their own story which was recorded and passed down to many generations. In the story the central figure is Gitche Manito and she used Mother Earth and herelements to form the animals, the plants, and then the Anishinaabe. Gitche used birds to sent life of seeds to all four directions and to the above and below land. The Mystery created to feed animals, heel plants and give more beauty. Lastly, he took the four parts of rock, water, fire, and

Nate Mihnovich Mr. Watson English III Honors 5 October 2015 Mythology of Creation Have you ever wondered how this world began or how everything around you was formed? Mythology is often referred to as false or made up stories. Many creation myths or made up stories begin with the theme of birth because birth represents new life or the beginning of life. Everything around the world has to come from somewhere, but many people do not know how to explain how the universe was formed. Humans began to wonder or question themselves about the creation of the universe and everything that surrounds them; so they went searching for some answers.

In comparison to The Book of Genesis, the story of the Navajo creation also began in a dark universe. In some versions of the Navajo origin stories, there were four worlds.“The first world was black, the second blue, the third yellow, and the fourth or present world bright or glittering” (Calloway 41). However, unlike the Genesis, there was no actual “God” creating humans, animals, plants etc. “The four seasons, men and women living in harmony, and humans together with the animals and plants, the Navajos had moved from lower worlds of chaos and strife into a higher world of beauty and harmony” (Calloway 42). The Navajos Emergence was a journey of Man and Woman exploring different sub cultures. Each time, they would flee to a higher world, each being a different level of universe.

Each group of indigenous peoples have their own culture, lifestyles and beliefs. In Avatar the Na’vi believe that every living thing is connected while the aboriginals believed that if you took care of the land then the land would take care of you. Also the Na’vi worship Eywa, their goddess made up of all living things while the aboriginals worship the land. The Aboriginals are nomadic and

In Modoc’s and Onondaga’s stories, they both involve people with great power from the sky. Also, they involve animals helping the woman, who get into trouble by being too curious. And that leads to something being created. In “The Earth on Turtle’s Back”, the Earth was created, because the woman couldn’t live in the water. And in “When Grizzlies Walked Upright”, a new species was created, the Indians.

The Lakota Indians, another name for the Western Sioux tribe, were true lovers of Nature and lived true to the land, believing it was sacred. The Lakota’s adamantly placed nature at the center of their religious beliefs, incorporating it throughout their life. They placed importance on nature seen as early as childhood education, which stayed with each individual until they joined with the soil once more at death. In an article on the Lakota’s religious traditions, it is explained that the tribe of Western Sioux Indians aligned their lives and religious traditions and ceremonies around nature (William 5295). In Standing Bear’s “Nature”, the meaning of the Lakota religion personifies nature and earth. Standing Bear’s literature speaks as if Mother Nature acted as a true maternal influence upon the lives of the Western Sioux tribe. Standing Bear writes, “Wherever the Lakota went, he was with Mother Earth. No matter where he roamed by day or slept by night, he was safe with her.” (Finch 327). Nature shaped the Lakota’s; the teachings that came forth from nature guided the tribe throughout life. They lived upon the soil, walked on the sacred earth, and were healed, soothed, strengthened, and cleansed by the power of Mother Nature. Luther Standing Bear personifies Earth, giving it life-giving forces and medicinal powers, very similar to that of an actual mother of flesh and blood. The Western Sioux tribe had nothing but respect and love for all things born from Mother Nature: animals, plants, even the wind, rain, and lightening. Standing Bear explains, “The character of the Indian’s emotion left little room in his heart for antagonism toward his fellow creatures, this attitude giving him what is sometimes

Through early American texts such as Standing Bear’s “Nature” and Zitkala-Ša’s American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other Writings, The Native American tribe of Western Sioux Indians display a profound respect for the Great Mystery, the creator of the world and Mother Nature. The Western Sioux tribe had a deep

After I had read all the short stories. I founded that Native American people they lived in harmony of the sky and earth. Because they believe in each individual living things and their spirit will grant them power which give them faith to prolong in their live. For the Native America, each story is always tight with trust of the some sort spiritual power and those power comes from tiger, hawk or bear in some kinds... Those figures can grants The Natives American power and good fortunes. By offering your Faith into the one of the many figures above. One can reach the spiritual Enlightments and can become one with the natures.

In the short story “When Grizzlies Walked Upright”, the Chief of the Sky Spirits carved a hole in the sky and created a mountain that reaches the earth. He created rivers, trees, birds, otters and all other animals, including the biggest of them all, the grizzly bears. The Chief of the Sky Spirits had a daughter and later on in the story, her decisions are what causes the creation of the Indian race. After reading “When Grizzlies Walked Upright” by Modac you learn the themes of obeying and to live by your parent’s orders and also for every cause, there is an effect, no matter how big or small.

The religions of the Greek, Ute, and Hawaiian cultures strive to attribute Gods for the forces of the natural world around them, bridging the gap between their understanding of their world and the effect on them. For instance, the Ute Great Spirit Manitou infused life into the world, and all things in it, thus populating the world of the Ute. There were mountains, trees, deer and of course the bear to rule them all. Also, Hawaiians believe that Kumulipo the male, and Po’ele the female, born from darkness and in turn gave birth to many more Gods like Kane-i-ka-wai-ola diminishing darkness, Pohaha night coming into dawn. The Greek Goddess Eurynome laid the great egg that hatched the world with all of its creatures and plants. These myths

The Native American’s didn’t have science, their only explanation to life was anything they could come up with because they had no way of knowing anything else. In this story, it is the explanation of how land or “earth” was created. It starts with earth being completely covered by water and the only animals that existed were birds and water animals. There was also sky land which heaven may derive from on today’s biblical works, which included a chief, his pregnant goddess, and the others. In this place they had a massive tree with branches pointing in the four directons. The wife/goddess had dreamed one night it was uprooted, so the couple decided they needed to make her dream a reality and uproot the tree. No one was able to uproot it because

The void is then turned into a mass by an animal of importance. Turtles carrying the Earth are common during these tales. The N. American native stories also have a great spirit or an all powerful creator, in this case, the name varies from tribe to tribe, with the most common, of course, being mother Earth and father Sky. The Shaman was the “go to “ man of the community.

The Cherokee believed that before their world as they know it began, it was just water. All the animals lived in a land called Galun’lati that was above the water (in the sky), but it was overcrowded. A water beetle, named Dayuni’si, volunteered to explore the water beneath them. Dayuni’si was unable to find solid ground on the surface of the water, but dove below the surface and only found mud. The beetle brought the mud to the water’s surface and it began to grow and spread out. This mud became the Earth, as the Cherokee Indians knew it. Later the Earth was tied to the sky with a string at each of the corners (“Native American Myths of Creation”).

“In the beginning, there was no world, no land”(25)… So where did everything people see, hear, and feel come from? This is a question almost every person has asked himself or herself at some point in his or her life. There are many different stories about how the world was created, based on people’s varying beliefs and customs. One of these is “The World on the Turtle’s Back,” which is a creation myth from the Iroquois tribe.

When Earth began there was just one thing, water. The people lived in the sky. You would think you would never run out of space, but guess what, you do. It started to become crowded with all of the animals and the Cherokee tribe therefore, they became curious about what was beneath the water. One day Dayuni’si, the water beetle, volunteered to go and check it out. He went everywhere across the exterior but couldn’t find solid ground. So he then he dove below the surface and only found mud. This began to enlarge in size and spread outwards to it became Earth as we know it. Myth has it that after all of this, an animal connected the new land to the sky with 4 strings. When Earth formed it was saturated and mushy, so the tribe decided that a bird