In the very beginning of their time, Mongols believed in a supreme being of the upper world (God or Ulgen Tenger) and the devil or Erleg Khan. These all-mighty figures are said to be brothers, and Ulgen Tenger is also thought to be the son of Father Heaven. There are very few different creation stories on how the Mongol's thought people were created, but most stories led to the same basic idea. (For a quick summary go below the underneath the story) "Long long ago, God descended to Earth and made a man and a woman out of clay. Before returning to heaven to get some holy water with the power to animate anything, he ordered his dog and cat to protect the clay people from the devil. After God ascended to heaven, the devil came to harm the people. The dog and the cat protected them, though thwarting the devil's plan. Finally,the devil deceived them by giving a piece of meat to the dog and a bowl of milk to the cat. While the dog at the flesh and the cat lapped the milk, the devil urinated on the people and fled. When God returned with the holy water and discovered what had happened, he was enraged. Scolding the the dog and cat for neglecting their duty, he forced the cat to lick the hair off the bodies of the people whom the devil had defiled (God created people with hair all over their bodies). The cat licked off the hair everywhere except their heads, armpits, and crotches, since the former had not been dirtied and the latter two were hard for the cat to reach. God then put the hair on the dog, so that humans are now naked and dogs have hair. The Mongol saying that the tongue of the cat and the hair of the dog are dirty has its origin here. Man and woman, who were animated by drinking the holy water, should have been immortal but became mortal instead because of their defilement by the devil." So, the people where molded from clay. When he left for his holy water back in heaven he left his cat and his dog to watch over the people. And then the devil tricked the cat and the dog and urinated on the people while God was gone. Then God made the cat lick off all the hair of the people to give the hair to the dog. Also the way they think the earth was formed was pretty interesting. this is how the Mongols thought the earth/land was created. (This one is short enough for you to read). "The duck created a small piece of land, just big enough for Ulgen to lay on. Seeing that his brother fell asleep, Erleg Khan tried to pull the land down from him, but instead the land stretched out in all directions." And those are some of the Mongol creation stories.

​The Catholic religion believes that the earth was created by a god in 6 days. They believe that on the first day of the week of creation he created light and he thought light was good, and he called it day. Then he divided light with darkness and called it night. Then on the second day he created the firmament amidst the waters and it divided the waters, the god called the firmament heaven. The third day the god said “let the waters under the heaven be gathered unto one place and let dry land appear” this is how they believe land was created. On the fourth day he created the sun,moon,and stars to illuminate the earth. On the fifth day he created creatures and birds. On the sixth day he created man in his image and put it in a superior position to 

all other creatures.

​While the Cristian religion is originally from the middle east Catholics have lived all over the world and continue too today. The catholic church has been very influential throughout history. The church today is lead by the pope who lives in the Vatican.

When the Earth began there was only water. All of the animals had lived in the sky. The sky was starting to get crowded and all of the animals were curious what may lie beneath the water. Dayuni'si, the water beetle, decided he would volunteer to go down and see. He flew everywhere and could not see one piece of land. Then, he dived into the water and there he saw mud. The mud eventually began to expand and enlarge in size to what became the Earth as we know it. After this, one of the animals attached the sky to the land with four strings. Once this was completed and the earth formed, it was flat and soft. So, the animals sent a bird down to see if it dried. The land was still wet so they sent a Buzzard to prepare it for the animals. The buzzard flew down, by the time that he had reached the Cherokee land he was so tired that his wings began to hit the ground. Wherever they hit the ground a mountain or valley had formed. The Cherokee land still is the same today with all the landforms that the Buzzard formed. The animals decided that it was too dark, so they made the sun. They put in on the path that it still runs today. The animals then could admire the newly created Earth around them.