COMPARE:

• A God is creating each day new things in both stories
• There is a sun and moon in both stories
• There is a land and an ocean in both stories
• There are powerful gods in both stories
• There are animals in both stories

CONTRAST:

• In the world on the turtle's back there are two gods while in genesis 1 there is just one god.
• In the world on the turtle's back the twins were both creating new thing while in genesis 1, there was just god.
• In the world on the turtle's back there was already a world that existed while in genesis 1, god was just beginning to create thing.
• In the world on the turtle's back there was bad and good (the twins) while in genesis 1 there was just good.
• In the world on the turtle's back the moon was made with the head of the grandmother while in genesis 1 god simply said "let there be a moon" and there it was.
• In the world on the turtles back, the world they lived in was on a turtles back while in genesis it just existed.