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    The Apache Creation Story is a reliving of the creation that takes on a more personal, familial and dialogue-based approach to how the world and mankind came to be. The story depicts how the natural environment was created, from the earth itself to the four cardinal points to the clouds, the animals, and the trees. Because of the nature of the Apache’s nomadic life, the legend remains generalized in terms of its location. Typically the story is told in order to preserve their tribal history as well

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    Creation Stories 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. There are similarities

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    with many questions referring to the two depictions of the creation of us and earth. There are many differences between the two “creation” stories. I will go into the differences between the two stories. There are big differences between the two, like the order of the things being created. Then I will go into my reaction of what I remember of the two creation stories and what the distinct differences of the two. Like the order of creations being created. Then I will talk about what I learned and any

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    Creation Myths Compare and Contrast Essay For thousands of years, scientists have tried to interpret the concept of creation. However, before people had access to modern scientific equipment, they told creations stories. A creation story is a myth that explains how and why the earth was made. A few cultures with differing opinions on creation are Europeans, Cherokee Indians, West Africans, and Hawaiians. Europeans tell the story of Genesis and God creating the earth in seven days and Adam and

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    Here we have two stories, both depicting the creation of the world through similar ideas of storytelling. The differences in both cultures can be seen by simply looking at differences in the stories. I also think it would be smart if I pointed out that Iroquois was never written down as the Native American’s did not have a written language, thus the story was open to change based on whoever was telling it. But both stories metaphors are easily understood and not vichyssoise or perplexing. Other

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    Bible begins with a story of creation, but not just one, two creations stories are existent. In each story God is there to bring creation and give understanding in the differences between divine and unholy. The bible’s first two chapters are the creation stories found in Genesis 1 and Genesis 2. From Gods spirit came creation and from his word came the creation on earth. In each story there are major differences but they also have great similarities. In chapter 1 of genesis the story begins with the

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    about creation for years. Since the dawn of man, actually. Today we will be discussing two of them. We will be comparing and contrasting the bible's story of creation and the native american story of creation. First we will be contrasting them. These story start very differently off the bat one with god making everything from nothing and in the other a woman made only the earth and she made it from earth and that brings us to our greatest difference between the two stories. In the bible story there

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    origin is vital to influencing the traditions and values that that society hold as important. Creation stories are the backbone to any religion or culture; The Anishinabe people are no exception to this phenomenon. Their creation story offers great insight into why their people acted a certain way and what they believed their relationship was to the world. A close analysis of the Anishinabe Creation Story explains certain aspects of the Anishinabe people, such as their patrilineal society and belief

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    received a lot of examination and assumption over the years. The 2 creation stories from genesis 1 and 2 were written or orally passed down around 1445 BC. It is believed by many conservative scholars to the present day, that genesis was written by Moses. Both stories give insight into their different views of God as well as two different ways of interpreting the story. Comparing the two different versions of the creation story I am going to be analysing these two sacred texts with research from

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    Members of the cultures, therefore, come up with their creation stories that tend to describe the creation of mankind, as well as the things around them. Additionally, through the use of relevant themes, the stories are told in a way that explains mysterious phenomena in the society, provide lessons to listeners and emphasize life aspects that each society finds important. As a result, myths such as the Iroquois and the Biblical creation stories, though extremely different, contain specific themes

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