Sioux Creation Story Essay

1. a.) I have been taught to believe that the world was made in 7 days as said in the Old Christan Testament, "The Book of Genesis". That god made the earth, heaven, and mankind in six days. Then on the seventh day he rested. It also goes further depth of how man came to be with the story of Adam and Eve. Where god created Adam from dust and places him in the garden of Edan and then makes Eve from Adam's rib. Only for God decides to flood the world, giving Noah instructions to build an Ark and save himself, family and all the animals. It rains for 40 days and 40 nights because humans are evil all the time. But has a change of heart because imperfections make us human and God can live with that.

b.) It taught me on the "seventh day," Sunday is a day of rest and church, With the story of Adam and Eve, it taught us the "good and evil" when the serpent convinces Eve to eat the forbidden fruit along with Adam. Their punishment was Eve had to endure childbirth making her mother of the living and to …show more content…
In the Sioux Creation Story has a great flood which is also mentioned in the Noah's Ark story. In the Sioux Creation Story. "the creating power said to himself. "I will sing three songs, which will bring a heavy rain. Then I'll sing a fourth song and stamp four times on the earth, and the earth will crack wide open. Water will come out of the cracks and cover the land." Also, in the Dakota creation story has some similarity to the Adam and Eve creation story of when Adan and Eve are banished from the Garden of Edan, "Wakanka and Waziya were banished to the edge of the world". And the serpent is also like a trickster in which the snake tricks Eve into eating the apple similar to how Iktomi told Wakanka, Waziya, and Ite "promised them great power and further beauty for Ite if they would assist him in making others

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