Similarities Between Puritans And Native Americans

Imagine a Native American and Puritan in a same room. What would happen between these two? Native Americans and Puritans have different yet sometimes similar perspectives and opinions. Native American literature is very fantastical and is passed down orally while Puritan literature is very religious, serious, and written down. Native American and Puritan literature is different in many different areas however; there are also similarities between them.

Native American literature consists of myths and folktales closely tied with nature and morals. Many of Native American literature closely tied with nature come in the form of creation myths. “The Earth on Turtle’s Back” (a short story) explains how the world came to being. The story describes of the wife of the Skyland chief accidentally falling down from the sky and animals building a land for her to live on. In the story, the animals can talk, showing that the Native Americans had respect for them and that they are an important part of nature because they helped create the Earth. Not only does Native American literature tell the creation stories of the world but it also teaches morals and themes of nature. They believed the Earth and the sky as

Native Americans have orally passed down stories that describe everything about the world and the correct morals that people should follow. They are magical and relates heavily with nature. Puritan literature on the other hand is very strict and religious. They are closely related with God and they only learn to gain salvation. Puritans and Native Americans have very different cultures. Nevertheless, they both have similar intentions of teaching their young; thus it is important to keep in mind that even if other cultures seem strange there is not much difference when it comes to the core and that there needs to be respect for