Comparing The Greek Mythology And The Cherokee

There are countless stories all around the world about how earth was created. Every country and or religion have their own story about the creation of earth. Some stories are different from each other, but many creation stories share similar characteristics and story lines. One example of this would be the Iroquois and Japanese creation stories. Somethings to compare are the first people to appear on the new Earth, how the world was created, and how an important figure in life was killed.

However the difference is that Gaia and Uranus went on to give birth to Rhea and Cronus then they went onto giving birth to gods such as Zeus, Poseidon and so on… There is a little more difference from the Greek creation stories and the Native American creation stories, in the native American creation stories, the old man Kumish was created and he would do all the creation himself rather than in the Greek creation stories; other gods creating separate things. In Serbian creation stories in the beginning there was nothing but God. He slept and dreamed for ages and he woke up at last at one point. As he woke up, every glance formed a star and as he travelled the universe was created.

There are countless numbers of similarities and differences between the pair of Native American myths. They resemble one another in the way that there people believe in

The Greek and Chinese are alike because they both utilized an egg in their creation story. The Chinese create their humans differently from the Greek. Although the Greek creation story and the Chinese creation story have some similarities and some differences, their stories are very entertaining on how earth/universe was created and the humans.

Religion can be defined as inner beliefs of where one may have come from and beliefs in morals to help guide one through his or her life. As for the Cherokee, they put many of their beliefs in nature and did not believe in one single creator. These beliefs were used to teach stories and pass on the history of their people. Sometimes their beliefs were used to give hope to the people in times of trouble. Because the Cherokee did not believe in one single god with the credit of creating the earth and all of its living beings, they have found a way to create their own creation story relying heavily on the animals of nature.

Beliefs; how did they come to be? Beliefs have come from many stories and myths. They believed that a bird made mountains. They did many things based on their stories and still do. There story was based off of animals creating the land and before that they lived under the sea. The culture, beliefs, and history of the Cherokee tribe can easily be seen in the Ḧow the World was Made.

Thanks to the contribution of Lewis, Clark, Sacagawea, and the many crew members were able to uncover the unknown land as well as providing valuable information about topography, the bilogical studies, the ecology, ethnic, and linguistic studies of the American Indian as they uncovered the mysteries that lay in the Louisiana

Creation Myths, they are very interesting in many different ways. If you were to look for similarities and differences you would find hundreds, but you would never find the exact same one. The reason for no identical creation myths is because everyone has their own opinions. Concerning creation myths though, there are three main motifs that I can see: the idea of a great flood, the idea of the younger generation taking over the old, and the idea of humans being made of organic materials. Were they all talking to each other across oceans?

One parallel between Greek and Egyptian creation stories is that they both begin with a God or Gods being created from the universe. The creation of

The Greek narrative pays more attention to the significance of the Gods and Goddesses being the center of the story and the violence, death and destruction that is portrayed after the creation of the earth, which was only briefly mentioned in a single line. “Once there was Light and Day, Gaea, the Earth appeared.” (Sacred Texts of the World: A Universal

Although different cultures may be far apart they may still have interesting similarities. This is the listed as the Myth of the Old Testament. Here, God was the creator of Heaven and Earth. He created these by simply speaking the words and it was so. It took him six days and God used the seventh day to rest. On the first day He said let there be light by which day and night was made. The second day was used to form the sky above the waters. The third day God created and called the dry land Earth. The Earth soon became green with plants and trees; Fruits were also created in this time. In the fourth day, God created day, weeks, years, and seasons. He then created the sun, the moon, and the stars. On the firth day God said let there

Many myths have the same motifs. There are many ways that they are the same, even though the cultures had no way of contact. So many cultures have the same motifs and beliefs. This means that many cultures think similarly about creations. Some motifs that were used in different cultures were that there are bloody struggles during creations, there are multiple attempts on creating humans, and there were angry gods that sent natural disasters on creations. Each culture had no way of contacting another culture to let them know what type of myth they are coming up with. This means that all of the myths are connected by coincidence.

Origin myths deliver stories explaining how the world, humans or objects came to existence. Describing where the nation comes from, they are very important to the culture of given region. Therefore, each nation developed its own stories and beliefs; however, there are many similarities between myths of various religions and cultures. A good example would be Native American stories about origin and their resemblance to Greek mythology or to the Bible. Similarities can be seen in different spheres such as creation of humankind or even in the story about flood.

The Brahmanas of India tell a similar story: In the beginning this universe was nothing but a sea of water. Out of the watery chaos a creative power of heat was recognized and a golden egg was produced. This egg is believed to have given birth to all creation (Sproul, 184). Water, chaos, and a single source of creation, are all common themes in the above creation myths, as well as many others that could not be discussed here, and it is hard to believe that these stories developed independently of each other. It is highly likely that these stories diffused to other cultures with the passing of time and resurfaced in myths, songs, and artwork – a sort of universal acid. The origin of these stories, if there is a single origin, will be impossible to ascertain, analogous to Dennett's argument about the universal authorship of jokes. The jokes we hear and pass have evolved, picking up revisions and updates as they are passed along, and its authorship is distributed over hundreds of tellers (Dennet, 99). In the same way, the authorship of these creation myths is collectively shared by hundreds of cultures, including the Darwinian culture.

Throughout history many civilizations and cultures have had their own ways of explaining the world and its creation. Each of these civilizations has created unique descriptions and accounts of such events. However, when comparing them to each other, are they really different? Look at the ancient Greco - Roman creation myths as told by Hesiod in his Theogony and Works and Days and Ovid’s Metamorphoses, when compared to the creation myths as seen in the Old Testament’s book of Genesis they may not be as different as one would think. Taking a more in-depth look at both Genesis and Hesiod’s and Ovid’s work more closely, the reader can see that on multiple occasions the myths have almost identical similarities which reflect their views in