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Essay / What are the similarities between the Iroquois creation...
For example, in the myth "The Iroquois Creation Story", there were two worlds that existed, the lower world which was in great darkness and the upper world which was covered with life. In the creation story of the Bible, God created heaven, which is full of light and life, and Satan, the angel who rebelled, was cast into the lower parts of the earth, l hell, which is full of torments. God created the earth in six consecutive days. God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light (The Bible). He created the sky, he created the earth, and he created the oceans on the second day. God created vegetation, fruits and trees. And God saw that it was good, and there was evening and there was morning, on the third day. On the fourth day, He created the seasons, the days, the years, the sun, the moon and the stars (The Bible). On the fifth day, God created living creatures in the sky, in the waters, and on the earth. Then God said: “Let us make men in our image, according to our likeness” (The Bible). In the myth “The Iroquois Creation Story,” the good twin began the creations of the earth. He was determined to bring light to the world of darkness. He created the orb, the moon, the sun, the seasons, the years, the night and the day, he also created the living creatures that lived on the earth, in the skies and in the waters (Cusick 24). He created two images from the dust by blowing into their nostrils, he gave them living souls, just as God formed man from the dust of the ground, and he breathed into his nostrils the breath of life to create existence. The evil twin went behind the good son and destroyed all his creation, just as the serpent entered the Garden of Eden and tricked the woman and man into eating from the tree, and after that the earth and the animals were cursed. The twin brothers fought over who would rule the universe, and the good twin won, and the bad twin was sent to the lower levels.