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Summary Of The Iroquois Creation Narrative By Christopher Columbus

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In the letter Christopher Columbus sent back to Europe he explains his adventures throughout the islands south of the North American mainland. In this description, he talks about the people, the vegetation, the size of the islands, and the number of islands. Many of these descriptions explain the culture and the way that the people live as well. In the Iroquois Creation Narrative is a story about how the world came to be. It explains what the world is and why there are good and bad things in the world. The first step when diving into these stories is discussing how the two are related in a historical context. The two stories both discuss discovering new worlds. In the creation story, it is explains how the world was created and that it was …show more content…

This is much more specific on what is being seen and what is happening, and is actually talking about events that definitely happened. Another thing that Columbus’s letter explains is the culture which is a huge part of the creation story. After explaining the shared history the two have, it is then necessary to ask questions of the stories, and to decide whether or not to believe them. The biggest question one can ask is, was America really discovered by Christopher Columbus? When you look at all the facts, such as how people were already living there and that vikings had gone there many years prior to Columbus, it is very easy to say that he didn’t. For this reason, there is little argument for the other side besides that fact that his told most or Europe about it. Now that the big question has been answered, looking into how people interpret these stories is next. When looking at the creation story, there are a few ways to interpret it. The one that is most easily understood is that the world was created by a higher power that worked to make it a better place, but ended up making a few mistakes on the way. The biggest of these was having and evil son who brought a bunch bad things into the world the she created. This helps the Iroquois keep respect for their gods because this means that the bad things in the world are not a purposeful addition of the

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