Cabeza de Vaca’s narrative beautifully depicts many drastic changes that occurred between the times that the European men first arrived in the New World and when they left. One of the most significant changes is how the men viewed the Native Indians that lived in different areas of modern day Central America, North America, and […]
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Losing the Native American Culture in a European Mindset
While reading the myths and legends of the Native American Indians in Erdoes and Ortiz’s collection, many of us began asking the question of the truthfulness of translation. Many of the stories that are recorded in this book are eerily similar to many European Biblical stories of Christianity, despite the fact that these two religions […]
“Blood Clot” and “Stone Boy”: Very Similar Tales
In Erdoes and Ortiz’s American Indian Myths and Legends, many of the tales seem to revolve around a few central themes. Each tale tells a story of its own, but two stories, “Blood Clot” and “Stone Boy,” oddly recount similar tales. In both “Blood Clot” and “Stone Boy,” two boys are born/created from a natural […]
