Similarities Between Hebrew And Seneca

Despite different historical context and cultural codes- the Lakota’s, Seneca’s, and Hebrew’s emergence stories are comparable. The significance of their comparability demonstrates the capacity of human nature.

Firstly, the majority of the Europeans thought of Native Americans as one people, but that was an incorrect assumption. Within the different Native American nations followed different practices, rituals, and beliefs. This holds true for the Lakota and the Seneca as each story included a different motif. The motif within the “The Origins of Stories” lies within the protagonist and is stated in the following: “the motif of the despised orphan who alone is capable and worthy of receiving sacred knowledge is widespread” (The Origins of

This poses a problem among the European settlers because according to the Bible life was created by God, a man not a woman; which is absurd since women are the ones who give life and birth” (1).

This single detail creates a huge contrast of beliefs between the two tribes. The Seneca’s “The Origins of Stories” narration coincides with Christianity’s depiction of Jesus Christ., because in the Bible Jesus was described as a master storyteller.
In contrast, the Lakota’s story corresponds with a Culture Hero Story- from the textbook, “Culture Hero Stories dramatize a people’s belief about how a remarkable individual altered the original world and social order to its culturally accepted norm. The events in these stories account for the origin of distinctive cultural beliefs, values and practices” (24). In general, most Native American tribes don’t believe in a single, omniscient God and “Wohpe and the Gift of the Pipe” reflects that belief. The White Buffalo Calf Woman did embody divinity within the story, however the narration provides an explanation for how the pipe came to the Lakotas. Which is to say, that while the character was sacred, she was not a creator deity like the God in the Hebrew creation

Specifically meaning, the nature of God is monotheistic. Genesis 1-3 consists of the creation of the world, the creation of man and woman, and the fall. The creation of the world explains how God made the world in seven days. Within the creation of the world, the narrative describes how God made everything. He made the night, day, sky, water, earth, animals, plants and stars. According to Genesis, “And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done” (1). This comment indicates the reasoning behind the rest on Sunday