The Creations myths response

Briana Weems
6-7th Period
The Creation Stories
The Iroquois Creation Story and The Story of the Creation are both mythical stories. Their writers wrote alike in some aspects but differently in others. They both dealt with how the earth was created and who created it. They both deal with two different societies and their cultural beliefs.
Both myths appealed to the same audience but different cultures. They both deal with writing to these two different races, the Iroquois and the Pimas, who believe that the earth was created by gods. They both appeal to the idea that the world was created by “man” and done only by “man.” They also appeal to the facts they believed in spiritual beings and an after life. They also appeal to people that work towards perfection seeing as how both “creators” did so in both myths.
The purposes of these stories were to inform. They talked about how these gods made the earth and what it entailed. They used detail and diction to do so but in different areas. In the first myth, it talked about two twin brothers who were the complete opposite of each other and wanted the world to be two different ways. This author became detailed when he talked about how the “good mind” created all the people and the animals and the food. In the second myth it talked about a man who created everything by himself. This author became detailed when he talked about how the “doctor of the earth” created the sky, the moon, and the stars and how he wanted the world to be perfect. For instance, he talked about how he continuingly kept destroying the earth until he got the people to be how he wanted them to be. And how he wouldn’t give up until he got exactly what he wanted.

Both myths appeal to pathos in different aspects. The first myth appeals to pathos in how the “good mind” believed in good and wanted the earth to be made of good things and good people just as in the second myth. The “doctor of the earth” strived to make things right and he continuously did so until it was the way he wanted things to be. They both did things to make things right. They appealed to emotions because these two races believed so strongly in these “creators” and what they did for them.
Both myths also appealed to ethos. As far as most people believe they value and respect good and genuine people. Their character and how they treated people and wanted things to be appeals to their audience. It also makes people respect them and appreciate what these “creators” did for them, especially after all the trials and tribulations that they had to go through to get to the point that we are at. They also made strong decisions and stood up for what they believed in.
Both myths are based off of beliefs and faiths of two different types of races with different backgrounds. However these authors wrote their stories so similarly that it would be hard to debate that they weren’t talking to the same audience. They both appealed to their audience logically, and as far as ethos and pathos.