There are six different nations to the Iroquois. All six nations have very similar views regarding religious composition and practices before European settlers arrived in their area. After the colonists arrived, religious values ​​changed to incorporate some of the values ​​brought by Europeans. This article will discuss the different changes that occurred in the religion and how the Iroquois tried to bring their religion back to its original position. The original creation myth of the Iroquois is very similar in all six nations; has some slight variations in the story. The main belief is that there were people living in the sky before all the earth was created. Under the sky the people were the oceans and the creatures that lived in them. One day, one of the “sky leaders” convinced one of his wives to approach the hole in the sky. Once she was close enough to the hole, the sky leader kicked her or pushed her out of the hole (this is one of the variations that occurs in the six nations). As he was plummeting to his death, the sea animals noticed this and began picking up dirt from the ocean floor and piling it onto the turtle's back; the tortoise was the only one used because of its broad and strong back. As the sea animals piled up the earth, the birds in the sky grabbed the woman and lowered her to safety once the earth was in place. The woman, after being placed on the ground, gave birth to two children. Depending on the myth referenced, the woman had two children or she had a son and a daughter, in any case, the children were the ones who built everything on earth (Wolf 26-29). Because of all the new people on the land, the Iroquois had many different spirits or gods and two different levels to them. Major spirits include Atahentsic who was the woman brought down to the earth and is called the ruler of angry/sad spirits in the west, Tarenyawagon who is considered the holder of the heavens, Jouskeka who is the ruler of happy spirits in the west. and Agreskoue who is known as the god of war. The minor spirits are Heno who is the god of storms and Gaoh who is the spirit of the winds.