The Difference Between The World On The Turtle's Back And The Catholic Creation Story

Throughout time we have seen in many different ethnicities and religions the many takes on their idea of how they believe creation came to be. Along all these myths or tales we tend to see something similar as if a common pattern is being repeated. We see patterns such as temptation always leading to someone's downfall or this sense of someone falling into something terrible and so on. Even though these different religions or ethnicities are nowhere close in distance or time from each other, it does not seem to make a difference on their beliefs of the world's creation. For example, Native American tales such as The World on the Turtle's Back and our own Catholic Creation Story have many similar key ideas being portrayed in both accounts. Although many may argue that the Native American tale The World on the Turtle's Back and the Catholic Creation Story differ, they are relatable in the sense of curiosity leading to big consequences, the good versus evil being introduced, and the personification of animals.

In the The World on the Turtle's Back we see how it describes the birds specifically consulting with each other on how to help the woman from falling. Also, in the tale it describes how all the animals tried helping the woman in some way which shows their personification. Similar personification is found in Gen. 3:1 where it says "3 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?” Just as in the Native American tale, the animal, in this case a serpent, is being personified by being given the human characteristic of talking. To sum up, personification is yet another similarity between The World on the Turtle's Back and the Catholic Creation