Maybe they also heard the story from early Christians. However, let us not forget that accounts of the Tower of Babel have been found among people in Africa and Asia. The expansion of European influence in America could have shaped some Native American myths, like the Tower of Babel story. How did Native American tribes come up with a story that is almost identical to the account found in Genesis? One possibility is naturally they learned about the Towe of Babel from early Europeans who attempted to convert the natives to Christianity. They scattered to form the many North American tribes, each of which spoke a different language, and were thereafter in conflict with one another.” 5Ĭhoctaw Village by Francois Bernard. “Their creator-god, Aba, originally made all people to speak the same language, but they became curious and started to build a pile of rocks to reach the sky.Įach night the wind blew the rocks down, separating the people into different groups, until on the fourth day the people found they were unable to understand each other. The Choctaw have a story of the Tower of Babel. But after it was completed the gods destroyed the high part, again, and when they determined to repair the damage they found that the language of the tribe was confused or destroyed.” 5 The Choctaw Indians’ Memories Of The Tower Of Babel Finally, they completed the lofty structure and considered themselves safe from the floods. And we commenced to build a great structure, and when it was towering into one of the highest heavens the great powers destroyed the apex, cutting it down to about half of its height.īut as the tribe was fully determined to build to heaven for safety they were not discouraged but commenced to repair the damage done by the gods. The Cherokees said that when the house was built and the floods came the tribe would just leave the earth and go to heaven.
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