Indian Creation Myths By reading three different Indian creation myths, The Emergence, The Boy from the Lodge and Cast Away, and The Woman Who Fell from the Sky, we are taught many things not only about creation myths themselves, but about the culture from which they come. These creation myths contain many of the same universal elements found in almost all creation myths and demonstrate to us the degree to which the Indians felt that we are truly one with nature. These three creation myths speak of three major universal elements, the flood, the creation of the first man and woman, and the nature of human beings. In The Emergence the first man and the first woman try to understand why the Water Monster punished them. When they discover her children with Coyote, they realize that she wants her children back. The punishment of the Water Monster is a direct reference to the great flood found in many creation myths, including that of Christian myths. Another universal element is the creation of the first man and the first woman. Although they are created in different ways in each story, the different creations still contain universal elements. In The Emergence, they are created from two ears of corn, which conveys the idea that Indians believe we come from nature. In Lodge-Boy and Thrown-Away and in The Woman Who Fell from the Sky, the first humans come from a mother, supporting a more traditional idea of ​​birth. Finally, these creation myths discuss the nature of human beings. In all three of these stories there is a struggle for power. In the Emergency it happens between all creatures, in Lodge-Boy and Thrown-Away it is a fight between humans and everything that exists in nature, and in The Woman Who Fell from the Sky it is between two humans, one good and the other. bad. These three ideas really encapsulate our thoughts on a struggle between man against man, man against nature, or man against nature. All three Indian creation myths contain universal elements that are easily recognizable and comparable to other creation myths from other cultures. Indian creation myths also teach us a lot about how we should deal with nature. The Indians almost worshiped nature; they never harmed him, but rather used him for their survival.