Genesis and Popol Vuh

Genesis and Popol Vuh The stories Genesis and Popol Vu, explain how each of their gods created the world and also how they destroyed it. “And god created great whales, and every living creature that moveth.” (Page 66, Genesis). These two stories both have many similarities but also differences. Some of those are that they both have different gods that made humans with different objects and expect the humans to obey and praise them. In both Genesis and Popol Vuh, humans were created by their gods. The gods created nature and all creatures before creating humans. The humans were the god’s last creations. Both gods were dissatisfied with the humans and punished them. One of the punishments was the floods in both stories, nearly killing all living things. “A great flood was made; it came down on the heads of the manikins, woodcarvings.” (Page 82, Popol Vuh). Now humans are imperfect, having flaws and sinful. The story Genesis has a Hebrew God and has the views of a monotheistic world. God created heaven, earth, and all of the creatures and humans in seven days. On the seven day was when he rested. “And he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.” (Page 66, Genesis). He also created a couple Adam and Eve who disobeyed him and god punished them by banishing them from the Garden of Eden and also made Eve have painful childbirth and Adam struggle and sweat over his existence. There was a great flood, killing almost everyone but god gave them a chance and let Noah and his family survive to repopulate the world. They all believed in one perfect god of whom they worshipped. Popol Vuh has a Mayan God and polytheistic religion. The humans from Popol Vuh don’t praise their gods for their existence and believe in gods that make mistakes. They also believe in more than one god. The people correct the god’s mistakes and instead the gods take away their knowledge and strength, making them imperfect so they won’t have too much power to out rule the