A Comparison Of Two Creation Stories

Creation stories are tools used to try to explain the unexplainable. For centuries humans have been searching for answers to the what, when, why, and how questions that encompass life. Genesis and the Iroquois Creation Myth are two different stories that seek to describe the creation of Earth and the universe that surrounds it. Genesis describes a Christian perspective, particularly one of the most popular Western explanations to life on Earth. The Iroquois Creation Myth, on the other hand, takes a less traditional approach, while only mildly alluding to religion. The similarities between the two lie in the timeless battle of good versus evil.

To conclude, the two stories of The World on the Turtle's Back and Genesis are very similar but, they also have their individual differences that really separate the two cultures. The way the two cultures view life and aspects of good and evil. The aspect each culture views nature and the impact that has on their culture. Finally, the way the Christian God and the Iroquois gods are portrayed

1. One way the two creation stories are similar is that the order of creation is in the same order in both stories. In Genesis, after God made the heavens and earth, he created the sea and sky, followed by the fish and the birds. The “World on the Turtles’ Back” followed the same pattern except in the beginning there was a “sky world” where the god’s lived (38). This is most likely another similarity, because the “sky world” and Heaven were probably the same thing.

I have chosen three creation stories to compare and contrast on. They are the Greek, Chinese, and the Christian stories. Personally, I have been taught both the Chinese and Christian creation stories. My parents grew up with different

At the beginning of the story about the creation is different: in Christian story, the first day God created the heavens and the earth. God created the world in seven days, and the world has day time, night time, plants, trees, sky, seas, lands, water, birds, wild animals, foods, the man ? Adam, and his wife ? Eve. On the other hand, in Iroquois, that has two worlds in ancients already ? the lower world was in great darkness and humankind inhabited the upper

Many stories have been created explaining who actually created the Earth. Popular creation stories are “How the World was Made” and “The Sky Tree” with Native American origins and the story of “Genesis” from European origins. These creation stories do have comparisons even though they do share comparisons. For example, in the beginning of all three stories, Earth started from water. “God’s spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.” The quote from “Genesis” shows to the audience that the Earth was all water before God started to create Earth. “In the beginning, Earth was covered with water.” “The Sky Tree” simply says that in the creation story that Earth started as water. “The Earth is a great floating island in a sea of water.” The three stories share that water was the starting point or beginning of Earth. To add, another comparison is there is a type of high authority or power that had the ability to create Earth and

     Although there are many similarities present, a distinct difference is made between “Genesis” and "Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest" in that “Genesis” is a mythical narrative while "Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest" is an adaptation of a mythic story (Adam and Eve) in the form of a short story. When comparing and contrasting these two stories we see similarities in storyline, themes, symbols, differences in detail, and the extent and significance of the stories themselves.

What matters in Judaism are the concepts shared by all these stories: that the world was created by God, that He planned it carefully and designed it to be hospitable to man. To give just an example: the six days of creation culminating in the Sabbath on the seventh day symbolize how God guided the development of the world stage by stage according to a well-thought-out plan. The process is described as taking place over a period of seven days because seven was regarded in the ancient world as the number of perfection and seven days were regarded as the ideal length of a process. The unit of "seven days" is more a statement about the perfection of the process than a chronological statistic. Another example would be the garden it was a special place of beauty in the Near East. Amid the dry plains and hills, it was the closest thing to creation’s perfection. People living in that part of the world could understand the perfection of God’s creation before original sin in terms of a garden. You also have the symbolism that goes with the tree and the snake later in genesis which were for the tree had a special significance in many Near Easter creation stories. In some cases, the gods ate the fruit of a special tree to keep from dying. In Genesis, there were two trees: the tree of life, and near it, the tree of knowledge of good and evil

The second account of creation differs from the first story in three important distinctions: the indication of creation in a single day, the creation of man "from the dust of the ground" (Gen 2:7) rather than "in our image" (Gen 1:26), and the submissive role of women as a man's "helper" (Gen 2:18) rather than the equal created in the first story.

The two creation stories can be found in Genesis. The first story involves the Lord as the protagonist, and the creator of all things good. First, light was created, followed by the universe, the earth, the plants, the animals, and concludes with the creation of humans. In this first story, it takes the Lord six days to create the entire universe, including its inhabitants. On the seventh day He (the Lord) rests (Gen 2:2 NIV). Today the seventh day is known as the Sabbath, or Sunday. This story is poetic, and can be seen as an entrance hymn into the Hebrew Bible. It does not go into detail as to how all things were made, but it covers the greatness in accomplishing everything in such a short amount of time. The Lord created everything and He thought it was good, giving the reader a joyous story to begin his or her journey into the Hebrew Bible (The Two Creation Stories).

Creation narratives have been around since the inception of man. A creation narrative is essentially a story that illustrates the beginning of time and how man came to proliferation. Along with the longevity of creation narratives, there is also a plethora of different styles and beliefs. In this essay, five creation narratives will be compared and contrasted, as well as giving you a brief summary of each one and the history behind them.

Despite the fact that any given religion in the world has many contradicting beliefs, most of them appear from the outside to contain only single-minded doctrines. This is the case for the creation story of Adam and Eve. Most know the tale of Eve being created from Adam’s rib, despite there being an alternate story about the simultaneous creation of man and woman. The first story treats man and woman as equal, who live in harmony with each other and the animals in the garden of Eden. The second depicts Eve as a “helper” to Adam, and details the deception of Eve by the serpent and the downfall of man. Both of these stories are contained within the Bible, so why is one more well-known than the other?

Different cultures have assorted interpretations of how the earth was created. Many people believe the genesis story of how god created the earth in seven days. Others have the belief that the earth bloomed from a big bang in space. There are many stories that are alike within boundaries of creation, and there are many differences. Even though the Chinese and Greek creation stories are fairly different, they both have their similarities and differences.

Two world views on creation were discussed by Lennox between the Israelites and the neighbors of the Israelites. The first being, the Israelites believed that God created the world out of nothing yet the neighbors of the Israelites believed that their gods created the world out of materials that were already present. Israel believed God made humanity with purpose,great design, and good, whereas Israel’s neighbors thought that the gods created humanity as an afterthought, with little purpose, and humans were made from the bad blood of an evil god, so they were not good. Lastly, Israelites believed that God created the world to sustain on it’s own, to continue to grow from itself and thrive, yet their neighbors believed that after all of

The theory presents the idea that there are actually four different sources and a redactor of the information. These were the Yahwist (J), Elohist (E), Deuteronomic (D), and the Priestly (P) writers, or JEDP. The first creation story is attributed to the Priestly source, by many scholars, because of the indifferent, stern tone; distinctive vocabulary; and the grand, dramatic style of writing. The second creation story retells the account of God creating the earth, but this time it shifts the focus to a deeper description of how life began on earth. Scholars have attributed this creation story to the Yahwist source because of the anthropomorphic view of God. This can be seen in the writings by the amount of humanistic actions that God is doing. An example of this is: “Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed life into his nostrils…” (Genesis 2:7). As can be seen in this verse, the Lord is performing humanistic action through breathing Adam to life. Other examples of this kind of anthropomorphic writings can be seen throughout the second creation story. The two differing stories of creation, and the style of writing, strongly point to the possibility of there truly being more than one source in the