Multi Genre Paper The Iroquois Creation Story - 902 Words

Multi-genre Paper: The Iroquois Creation Story The topic I chose to write about is â€Å"The Iroquois Creation Story† written by David Cusick. I chose this topic because I thought the Native American’s belief of how the world was created is interesting. I’ve decided to do this project as a narrative through the view of the turtle. There are twenty-five different versions of the The Iroquois Creation Story, but the one I will be focusing on is the version that David Cusick wrote. One example of the different way versions of this story is called â€Å"The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: The Iroquois Story of Creation†. This story is different because it explains that â€Å"Pushed by her jealous husband, a sky woman falls from the heavens to the watery void below, where she creates the earth, sun, and stars.† (â€Å"The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: The Iroquois Story of Creation†). This is different than David Cusick’s version because it did not specify if the woman had a husband and the woman sunk down to the place below her. Another version of the story explains that â€Å"After some time, the old woman perceived her daughter to be pregnant, but could not discover where the father had gone, or who he was. At the time of delivery, the twins disputed which way they should go out of the womb;† (â€Å"Iroquois Creation Myth, 1816†). This version is different because in David Cusick’s version, there was no mention of the woman being a daughter and the twins did not dispute on which way they