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The Haudenosaunee creation story - Coggle Diagram
The Haudenosaunee creation story
Summary of the story
The story is about how the earth came to be .(Syiren)
Imagery
Some types of imagery are a women giving birth through her armpit, the grandmother head was thrown into the sky and became the moon, and the sky women falls through the hole and then started to fall from the sky. (Syiren)
When the birds caught the sky woman falling and brought her down to the turtles back. when the sky woman used the seeds from the tree and the dirt the animals found to create land. When the daughter died and sprouted plants and beings from her body. when the twins created rivers and controled night and day. (sofia)
Symbols
One symbol is generosity becasue the turtle gave up their backfor the sky women so she would have a place to live. (Syiren and Olivia)
The animals seemed very selfless and a great help to the women throughout the story representing one of the seven teachings, humility. (Dana)
The woman’s connection with nature could represent how humans have such a close tie with nature, possibly part of the greater allegory. ( Dana)
Conflicts
One piece of conflict is person vs nature because the tree falling over and opening a hole into the ground and caused her to fall into it, and leaving he rold life behind. This was resolved by her learning to accepting it. (Syiren)
During the story when the woman fell below ther was three different types of conflict; if you look at the story as her just falling it would be person vs nature. If you view it as she was pushed then it would be person vs person and lastly if you look at it as if she jumped believing it would be her destiny then it is person vs self. Either way this was resolved when she grabbed the seed from the sky tree and made the most of her situation. (Olivia)
Purpose/Theme
One purpose is to show you how the earth was made and how much people had to give up for it be where it is today. The lesson is not to take things for granted. (Syiren).
There are many factors in which created the world we live in today. (sofia)
Follow your instincts and it will lead to your destiny is a possible theme as the characters in the story somehow knew what to at all times, no matter what happened. Their instinctive actions eventually created the universe, so each character fulfilled their destiny, like how the mother of the twins knew she had to dance around the dirt in the back of the turtle to create the land that is now earth. (Dana)
How does this help us understand the world we live in now?
The story helps us understand our world now by showing us things happen for a reason, and not to dwell on it. Instead move forward and make better choices like what the sky women did. (Syiren)
The story represents that not one person is perfect both the sky woman and her daughter Mother Earth made choices for that opposed others in a way sort of breaking a law. Although they did do good as well; The women created many things for humanity but they also guided people and nurtured them even in death. (Olivia)
What is the meaning of the allegory?
One meaning of the allegory is that everyone has a purpose and all we can do is try our best to control what we can, and accept our outcome. (Syiren)