Within the colonial Americas there were many different cultures and along with them many accompanying religions. Some of these cultures were native to the Americas and were broadly classified as Native Americans. The other cultures came from the Old World, white settlers, or black slaves. All of these groups had different religions and relationships with their creator(s). Three of these groups existed which all had religions that were similar in some regards but polar opposite in others. These groups were the Inuit, Mayans and Puritans, all of whom had very different beliefs about what their creator(s) was/were and their creation by them/him. However, as each of the religions were different so were the cultures and their relationship with their creator(s). In the Inuit creation story the Creator was a bird man or more accurately a man who could change into a bird and vice versa. Because the story stated information like, “Raven made the world and the waters with beats of his wings” and “Raven had been soaring above his earth,” it can be assumed that the Inuit Creator spent most …show more content…
However, the quotes, “But these men had no minds and their hearts were empty” “Tepeu and Gucumatz sent a great flood down to destroy them. They commanded the animals to attack the survivors and tear them to pieces” gives the feeling that the Mayan also feared their Creators. The last is the Puritan’s Creator. God as seen by the Puritan was pure and wise, benevolent and caring. All that was stated in the previous paragraphs. Comparing these three Creators together,it can be seen that they were similar yet differences. All of the Creators were respected but for different reasons. God was respected because of his connection to humans. Raven was respected because of his cruelty, and Tepeu and Gucumatz were respected for their grandeur, all very different ways of being respected, but