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Mayans and Greeks

Mayans and Greeks. By Kevin Herrera. THESIS: BOTH THE MAYAN AND GREEK CULTURES HAD A POLYTHEISTIC RELIGION. THEY ALSO HAD ONE SINGLE GOD THAT WAS CONSIDERED HEAD OF ALL GODS AND THEY BOTH HAD STORIES OF MYSTERIOUS BIRTHS. Head God of each culture. Mayan: Heart of Sky .

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Mayans and Greeks

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  1. Mayans and Greeks By Kevin Herrera

  2. THESIS: BOTH THE MAYAN AND GREEK CULTURES HAD A POLYTHEISTIC RELIGION. THEY ALSO HAD ONE SINGLE GOD THAT WAS CONSIDERED HEAD OF ALL GODS AND THEY BOTH HAD STORIES OF MYSTERIOUS BIRTHS.

  3. Head God of each culture

  4. Mayan: Heart of Sky The main Mayan god is Heart of Sky Heart of Sky is considered the Mayan main god because he is the only one that makes an appearance in each of the creation stories (4 in total) “He is the only deity to appear in every phase of the creation…”(Christenson 69) Heart of Sky planned out what was going to be created and it had all the other gods supply the materials Just by saying the word “earth”, Heart of Sky caused earth to rise from the sea and just by thinking the word “mountains” and “trees” they were created as well

  5. Greek: Zeus Cronus (father of Zeus) was the original main god Zeus overthrew his father and defeated the titans in order to become the head god Favorite weapon is the thunderbolt “O Zeus, Father Zeus, Thine is the ruler of Heaven. Thous seest the works of men, whether they be sinful or just…”(Snell 55) The Greeks would build temples and statues for him Married Hera but also had relationships with other women

  6. Sacrifice

  7. MAYAN SACRIFICING The Mayans believed that human sacrificing was the most effective when it came to pleasing the gods People did not fight when they were chosen to be sacrificed because it was considered a very high honor to be given to the gods

  8. GREEK SACRIFICING Unlike the Mayans, the Greeks, did not offer human sacrificing “Sacrifices were, like offerings, libations, songs, dances, and dedications, gifts to the deities, gifts which humans gave them to express their honor toward the deity in return for what the deity has offered them.”(Mikalson 24) The Greeks appreciated everything the gods did for them so they offered animals and fruits to the gods.

  9. Mysterious Births

  10. Mayan: Maiden Lady Blood Maiden Lady blood was a curious young lady who was eager to see the tree that her father would tell her about Her curiosity is the main reason that caused her to get pregnant by the tree When the tree spits on her hand she becomes pregnant with Hunahpu and Xbalanque Her father doesn’t believe her and sends her to get killed but in the end she outsmarts her father and all the other lords and ends up giving birth to the brothers Hunahpu and Xbalanque

  11. Greek: Athena Zeus had a headache one day and Hephaistosdecided to take his axe out so he can relieve Zeus of his pain When Hephaistos pulled out his axe from Zeus’s head Athena fell out of his head “ ‘What’s this? A girl in armour?’”(Deacy 17) She was born with armour and after time passed by she became Zeus’s most favored child She is Goddess of Wisdom and War

  12. Greek: Hercules Hercules was not a complete god because his father, Zeus, had a relationship with a mortal Hera, Zeus’s wife, was not pleased about Hercules birth because she was not his mother “…she was furious, for the child was not hers! Its mother-to-be was a woman called Alcmene and, with Zeus as its father, the baby would be half-man, half-god.”(Riordan 9) Hercules ended up saving the gods by defeating the titans his father had defeated in the past

  13. Conclusion: Although both these cultures are from different time frames and locations, they both have similar mythologies.

  14. Christenson, Allen J. Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Maya. Norman: University of Oklahoma, 2007. Print. Deacy, Susan. Athena. London: Routledge, 2008. Print. Mikalson, Jon D. Ancient Greek Religion. Chicester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. Print. Riordan, James, and Christina Balit. The Twelve Labours of Hercules. London: Frances Lincoln, 1997. Print. Snell, Bruno. The Discovery of the Mind: In Greek Philosophy and Literature. New York: Dover, 1982. Print. University, Columbia Press. "Zeus." Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. 6th ed. 2007. Print. Works Cited

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