An Insight to World on the Turtle's Back
The creation of the world has come to question many scientists and religious believers alike. Mythology answers the beginning of time with unstructured elements and even abstract ideas. The "World on the Turtle's Back" by the Iroquois tribe shows an understanding with the old, Biblical theory of right and wrong, however in their culture, left isn't always evil. All mythology has a certain theme, which philosopher Joseph Campbell summarizes as instilling a sense of awe towards the mystery of the universe, explaining workings of natural world, validating social customs, and finally guiding people through trials of living. I think that you can agree with me when I say mythology is a search for the true answer to how we are standing here in this world today. >>theory>>
The human mind can be a mysterious, imaginative, and above all, an abstract place. The Iroquois' tribe story "World on the Turtle's Back" corresponds to Joseph Campbell's function to instill a certain sense of awe toward the mystery of the universe in interesting scenes. For example, if you tried to picture a pregnant woman falling from the sky onto a flock of birds, that would be impossible for a scientific-oriented mind to imagine. Another example is when the woman's daughter had a twin born out of her left armpit, and kills their mother. To picture skin rupturing and a baby guiding himself out of it would be like watching a vivid scene from a science-fiction movie. When they say, "from her curiosity, she fell out of the tree onto the turtle," that is another difficult image to visualize. When the woman fell onto the turtle's back, she needed a place to ...