Where do we begin when studying mythology?. Creation myths From around the world.

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Where do we begin when studying mythology?

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Where do we begin when

studying mythology?

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Creation myths

From around the world

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Essential Questions?

• 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?

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The characteristics of creation

• Nothingness• Primal ooze• An egg• A serpent • The formation of the earth and

geography• The peopling of the world

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Types of ways in which the earth was Created:

• By emergence • By sacrifice• By secretion• By thought• By word• By cosmic egg• From ancestors• From chaos• From clay• From dismemberment of primordial being

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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.

• At each stage they grow in knowledge and ability

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Sacrificial Stories

• A type of creation myth popular among Mesoamerican peoples

• Stresses bloody gore

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Secretion Stories

• Type of creation myth used on occasion in Norse legends

• Beings formed from the sweat of Ymir, the frost god

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Thought stories

• Type of creation myth used on occasion in mayan legends

• Gods sitting around thinking about things and they are created while that is happening.

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Spoken word stories

• Type of creation myth used on occasion in Japanese legends

• Type of creation in bible “let there be light…”

• Gods sitting around discussing things to create and then creating, altering, etc.

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Ancestor stories

• Type of creation myth used in bible, greek, roman

• The world begins with two individuals and all other humans are descendents of these two.

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Chaos stories

• Type of creation myth used in germany, egyptian

• The world begins with a swirling chaos, winds, fires, and from this begins life

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Clay stories

• Type of creation myth used in some african tribal stories

• The man, animals, environment can all be created out of clay

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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 truly exist


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