Comparing Creation Stories To Reframe Perspective
<p>Creation stories impart central lessons and values of the culture or religion. In this article, I compare the creation story of the first man from two sources: the one I was raised with as a Catholic and the one that I encountered in Robin Wall Kimmerer’s<strong> </strong><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/braiding-sweetgrass-robin-wall-kimmerer/16712606?ean=9781571313560" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><em>Braiding Sweetgrass</em></strong></a><strong>,</strong> a collection of personal and traditional stories by a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Information about the Potawatomi creation story and the customs of Native peoples comes from the knowledge gained from this book.</p>
<h2>Man is the last to be created</h2>
<p>In both creation stories, man is the last to be created. Yet, what happens next in each is very different, creating some interesting lessons and implications.</p>
<p>In the biblical creation story, God creates plants on the third day, air and water animals on the fifth day, land animals on the sixth day, and finally man, also on the sixth day with a specific charge in regard to nature.</p>
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