The Iroquois 'Lequois' Creation Myth

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The Origin of humans is among the differences between these two civilization’s myth. For the Iroquois the origin of humans is not a simple one. The Iroquois convey the idea that “the right-handed twin made man [...] Man was made of clay” (Iroquois 2). In this creation myth is is believed that the right-handed twin was the one to make man although this is stated it also states later that people don’t know how much of man was made by the right-handed twin and how much was made by the left-handed. The idea that people were created mostly by the right-handed twin signifies that they are mostly good and that people believe in practice of good ethics. The Iroquois also mention that man was made out of clay or Earth this suggest the Iroquois are hinting