ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The daughter who died was made into plants. The animals that died trying to get soil for the woman were to always be remembered by her. The turtle risked its life for the woman so she said she would look after all of its descendants. Since the mother died, she became the moon.