ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -From reading this myth one can conclude that the Onondaga people had a high respect for the nature that surrounded them. Each animal would remind the tribe of the important parts that animals played into the formation of the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the creation stories of the Lenape and Iroquois people, the Earth is created as soil is piled on the back of a great sea turtle that continues to grow until it is carrying the entire world. Many indigenous tribes in North America refer to the continent as Turtle Island to this day.

Detailed explanation-3: -In conclusion, the world is never what it seems to be, the good are not always good and the bad are not always bad because within every human being there is always going to be something to direct them in both ways. As seen in the short story “A World on a Turtle’s Back.”

Detailed explanation-4: -According to the Iroquois creation story, the world was created when the pregnant Sky Woman fell from the floating island in the sky, down to the vast ocean underneath. Birds and fish already existed, and they helped Sky Woman create the Earth, by giving her soil to put on a giant turtle’s back.

Detailed explanation-5: -Moral Lesson The moral lessons of this story was to never give up on our determination and always have an open heart to the animals as they were to our ancestors.