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25 August 2009
The Iroquois & Pima Creation Stories
In the Iroquois creation story, it started off as a pregnant mother that was having twins. Well one night she fell asleep and ended up in the lower world. While down there one of her twins, the bad minded son, decided to rupture into that world from under his mother’s arm instead of being conceived the normal way. The good minded brother endeavored to stay alive so he came out with his brother. A certain emotion {pathos} was used in the story. The emotion of resentfulness played a role in this tale. The good minded brother did not want to stay in the lower world forever; he wanted to change the dark world and bring light. So he worked hard to achieve his goal. While doing so his envious brother, worked hard also to make sure that his brother did not accomplish his objective by creating such reptiles that would harm the ideal plan the good mind had in store. Well the good minded brother discovered what his brother was up to, he recommended that they work together. The bad minded brother suggested that they compete against each other, who ever wins gets to govern the new universe that the good minded brother created. The teller of this story brings forth the emotion of deception at the end of this tale by showing how the good minded brother con his brother by using his weakness against him. It’s a dirty world out here and you have to live for you or else you won’t make it. Always have your game face on.
In the Pima stories it took a god-like spirit “The Doctor of the Earth” and an actual human being “The Buzzard” to create the universe. The Buzzard was made to be just like the Doctor of the Earth. As the story goes on, it reminds me of how Christians believe that God {a spirit} is in heaven and formed Jesus his son, a person just like him, someone that can help God by making sure that people know about him here on Earth. The story of this conception stated how Juhwertamahki {the Doctor of the Earth} made the sun, moon, and stars out of water. Logic tells us that the sun, moon, and stars cannot possibly contain water. Different studies have proven what exactly the sun, moon, and stars are really made up of. If that was the case then wouldn’t they evaporate? What supposedly happens when it rains, does the rain come from the sun, moon, and stars? No, so their legend on how the world was made in the beginning is somewhat true but for the most part the truth was stretched and very much mythical.
There are ways in which the two stories are similar. Both stories stated how the universe started with two people, man and woman. They also stated what they did to create the sun, moon, and stars. In conclusion, the Pima and the Iroquois legends are both interesting in their own way. In a way they remind me of parables that have a deeper meaning within them.
25 August 2009
The Iroquois & Pima Creation Stories
In the Iroquois creation story, it started off as a pregnant mother that was having twins. Well one night she fell asleep and ended up in the lower world. While down there one of her twins, the bad minded son, decided to rupture into that world from under his mother’s arm instead of being conceived the normal way. The good minded brother endeavored to stay alive so he came out with his brother. A certain emotion {pathos} was used in the story. The emotion of resentfulness played a role in this tale. The good minded brother did not want to stay in the lower world forever; he wanted to change the dark world and bring light. So he worked hard to achieve his goal. While doing so his envious brother, worked hard also to make sure that his brother did not accomplish his objective by creating such reptiles that would harm the ideal plan the good mind had in store. Well the good minded brother discovered what his brother was up to, he recommended that they work together. The bad minded brother suggested that they compete against each other, who ever wins gets to govern the new universe that the good minded brother created. The teller of this story brings forth the emotion of deception at the end of this tale by showing how the good minded brother con his brother by using his weakness against him. It’s a dirty world out here and you have to live for you or else you won’t make it. Always have your game face on.
In the Pima stories it took a god-like spirit “The Doctor of the Earth” and an actual human being “The Buzzard” to create the universe. The Buzzard was made to be just like the Doctor of the Earth. As the story goes on, it reminds me of how Christians believe that God {a spirit} is in heaven and formed Jesus his son, a person just like him, someone that can help God by making sure that people know about him here on Earth. The story of this conception stated how Juhwertamahki {the Doctor of the Earth} made the sun, moon, and stars out of water. Logic tells us that the sun, moon, and stars cannot possibly contain water. Different studies have proven what exactly the sun, moon, and stars are really made up of. If that was the case then wouldn’t they evaporate? What supposedly happens when it rains, does the rain come from the sun, moon, and stars? No, so their legend on how the world was made in the beginning is somewhat true but for the most part the truth was stretched and very much mythical.
There are ways in which the two stories are similar. Both stories stated how the universe started with two people, man and woman. They also stated what they did to create the sun, moon, and stars. In conclusion, the Pima and the Iroquois legends are both interesting in their own way. In a way they remind me of parables that have a deeper meaning within them.
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