The Walam Olum

“The Walam Olum” by the Delaware and “The Navajo Origin Legend” by the Navajo, tell the creation beliefs of each of the cultures. The creation beliefs contained in “The Walam Olum” and in “The Navajo Origin Legend” are different because of the syntax and detail of each myth, and because of the role of nature and the role the of the gods in the creations.
“The Walam Olum” by the Delaware has a basic syntax. However, the simplicity of the syntax does not diminish the message of creation: how, “…the great Manito, a manito to manitos, to beings, mortals souls and all” (page 15) created all things. The Delaware believed that Manito “…made the extended land and the sky…the sun, the moon, the stars… made them all move evenly” (page 15) and that He also “gave the first mother, the mother of beings. He gave the fish, he gave the turtles, he gave the beasts, he gave the birds… to those very first men, and to those first mothers; fetched them wives…al...