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    Iroquois Research Paper

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    there has been stories of creation. The bible which is studied and followed by the Hebrews, tells that God created the world and all of it's things. However, the Iroquois states that the world was made and created by a different source, such as how they explain in The World on a Turtle’s Back. Both of these cultures explain what happened before and after each and every creation then they try to explain it in their own way. Different cultures describe and explain creation in different ways whether

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    Gilgamesh Creation Story

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    #1. The Hebrew Bible’s creation story as laid out in Genesis does not include just one type of creation story. Rather, it is a melting pot of several type of creation stories found through the world such as ExNihilo, Froom Chaos, Dues Faber, Dismemberment and world parent types to explain the existence of people, plants, animals and even the planet itself. Working Through these and starting with ExNihilo, which means from nothing, Genesis literally starts the Bible with the line “In the beginning

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    The Yanomami culture includes many aspects that can be considered as forms of art. In terms of secular art, the Yanomamo use different mediums from their body through body decorations/painting, basket making, as well as carving of arrows. Their creations all share a common mix of symbols which they use frequently. These symbols include anything from a series of dots to the intricate connecting curves of a spider web. Shades of red and black are most commonly used in body and basket painting. The

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    In the Big History, there are 8 thresholds; in Genesis 1 there are 7 days. The similarities between the thresholds and days of creation have similarities literally and metaphorically. The Big Bang, the emergence of matter forming planets and life; the first day, the creation of heaven and earth. Just like the Big Bang, the first day created the ability for life to emerge. The stars light up, the second day, God created light. Although the light God created on the second day is metaphorically goodness

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    “The World on the Turtle’s Back” is a story about how the earth was created by a woman. Later that woman gave birth to two twins. The right-handed twin was the honest one who always did everything he was supposed to do. The left-handed twin was the bad twin who always lied and was dishonest. The left-handed twin was the reason their mother died because he was born out of their mom’s armpit. In ‘Odin and Ymir’, Ymir was slain by the youngest son Odin. Odin was the most powerful of the gods. Ymir’s

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    and Christianity: Comparisons and Contrasts of Creation Doctrines Each religion has its own beliefs about how the world came into being and how humans take part in it. The creation stories of different religions try to explain how the Earth was created as well as how the organisms on the planet came into existence. While some religions have creation stories that focus on the how, others focus primarily on the why behind creation. Christianity’s creation story originates from the stories told in Genesis

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    deviate in a very noticeable way, the Enuma Elish is a polytheistic story where Genesis 1 is decidedly monotheistic. While they share plot elements such as light, the separation of sky and earth, creation of night and day, and the creation of humans, they differ in the way they are introduced. The creation story in Genesis 1presents each new element of the freshly created Earth as derived entirely from one god: the all-powerful God. In this version of the story God intentionally creates and shapes

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    to their surroundings. The aboriginal spirituality began approx. 50 000 years before the Jesus. The aborigini people believe that many animals and plants are interchangeable with human in-carnation of the spirit or soul. This relates back to the Creation Period when certain animals and plants were once people. Each tribe has its own animal, plant or being that it relates to as being in-carnated to. As an example of this, the Bundjalung people use the Dirawong (goanna), to them, their ancestors are

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    differences in the stories, along with similarities. Many people are familiar with the Christian Bible version; the earth was created in seven days, Adam was created then Eve from his rib. However, not nearly as many people have heard of the Sky World creation story. Both stories have a tree with something forbidden about it. In the Christian story the character may not eat the fruit which grows from the tree; in the Sky World story the character may eat all the fruit she wish, however, you may not touch

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    There are two different creation stories presented in the chapter of Genesis in the Old testament of the bible. In the first story God has all dominion and contains supernatural powers. In this creation story God is masculine and creates everything out of the void in seven days . God has six days of working and one day to rest. An impression is also given that everything God makes in this story is "all good". The second creation story explains how The Lord God created man , the Garden of Eden and

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