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Creation Where do we come from?. Mythology- A kind of literature that attempts to explain the world around us. What are the characteristics of a creation myth? • How do different cultures explain the beginning?
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Mythology- A kind of literature that attempts to explain the world around us • What are the characteristics of a creation myth? • •How do different cultures explain the beginning? • •What are the similarities and differences in creation myths from around the world? • •What unique cultural traits are revealed in the creation myths?
Emergence Stories • Emergence Stories • a type of creation myth popular among Native American tribes. • The emergence story stresses the idea of the Earth as a womb from which the people emerge gradually, as in childbirth.
Sacrificial Stories • •A type of creation myth popular among Mesoamerican peoples•Stresses bloody gore
Secretion Stories •Type of creation myth used on occasion in Norse legends•Beings formed from the sweat of Ymir, the frost god
Thought stories • •Type of creation myth used on occasion in Mayanlegends•Gods sitting around thinking about things and they are created.
Spoken word stories • •Type of creationmyth used on occasion in Japanese legends•Type of creationin bible “let there be light…”Gods sitting around discussing things to createand then creating, altering, etc.
Ancestor stories • •Type of creation myth used in bible, greek, roman•The world beginswith two individuals and all other humans are descendents of these two.
Chaos stories • •Type of creation myth used in Germany, EgyptianThe world begins with a swirling chaos, winds,fires, and from this begins life
Clay stories • •Type of creationmyth used in some african tribal stories•The man,animals, environment can all be created out of clay
Dismemberment stories • Type of creation myth used in some hindu cultures, Norse, Greek • A creature consists of everything in the world, but not until he/she/it is separated do they all trulyexist