Compare And Contrast Native American And Georgia Tales

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The Native American portrays creation in different ways compared to the Georgia tales. While they are different, there is one common aspect to both Native American tales and the Georgia tales. The common aspect is that the stories in both tales attempt to illustrate a cultural outlook to offer reasons as to why the world is what it is. In other worlds, both tales attempt to answer the common question of why something is the way it is. One of the main differences is the way creation occurs. For instance, in the Georgia tales, creation occurs due to various factors. These various factors include the interactions of animals, humans, and supernatural creatures. In the Native American tales, while humans play a role, they are not illustrated as a …show more content…

In other words, humans in Native American tales have different characteristics compared to humans in the Georgia tales. Adding on, supernatural creatures and animals also play a different role. For instance, in the story, “The Iroquois Creation Story,” there are two worlds: a lower world and an upper world, unlike most Georgia tales. The factor that accounts for the creation of the world is the woman who conceives and gives birth to twins from the help of an animal, a turtle. The twins are later called the good mind and the evil mind. From that point on, the good mind is able to participate in creation by making the island gain fruits, vegetables, and animals. In addition, it describes how the good mind used his parent’s head to create the sun and then used the rest of the body to create an orb to which further created the