Week 2 Notes
The Maori of New Zealand, for example, say that the union of Rangi and Papa (Father Sky and Mother Earth) produced all things.
Read more: http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Ca-Cr/Creation-Stories.html#ixzz3TvkCGjmK
Which world or worlds, such as sky, earth, and underworld, are represented in the myths you chose? What are the elements of these worlds?
Viracocha: Earth, darkness, lake Titicaca, sun, moon and stars, men turned to stones, created men after flood but kept them inside the earth. Waterfalls, caves, streams, rivers in which people lived in
Maori: beginning was emptiness, nothing existed. Earth, and sky created. The earth and the sky came together and spawned six children: Tawhiri, the god of weather; Rongo, the god of crops; Tu, the god of war; Tangaroa, the god of the sea; Tane, the god of the forests; and Haumia, the god of plants.
Describe the creators. Are the creators male or female, and of what significance is gender? Describe what they created, including the steps or cycles of creation. Also, include descriptions of any destroyers or destruction if applicable.
Viracocha was the male creator, known as god the creator, n the beginning, all was darkness and nothing existed. Viracocha the Creator came forth from the waters of Lake Titicaca and created the land and the sky before returning to the lake. He also created a race of people - in some versions of the story they were giants. These people and their leaders displeased Viracocha, so he came out of the lake again and flooded the world to destroy them. He also turned some of the men into stones. Then Viracocha created the Sun, Moon and stars.
Maori: Two gods appeared, one male god of the sky name Ranginui, or Rangi, and one female god of the earth, named Papatuanuku, or Papa, Their children each represented a different element of the earth. According to the myth, the children didn’t have enough space to live because their parents were very close together, resulting in an effort to separate Rangi
Read more: http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Ca-Cr/Creation-Stories.html#ixzz3TvkCGjmK
Which world or worlds, such as sky, earth, and underworld, are represented in the myths you chose? What are the elements of these worlds?
Viracocha: Earth, darkness, lake Titicaca, sun, moon and stars, men turned to stones, created men after flood but kept them inside the earth. Waterfalls, caves, streams, rivers in which people lived in
Maori: beginning was emptiness, nothing existed. Earth, and sky created. The earth and the sky came together and spawned six children: Tawhiri, the god of weather; Rongo, the god of crops; Tu, the god of war; Tangaroa, the god of the sea; Tane, the god of the forests; and Haumia, the god of plants.
Describe the creators. Are the creators male or female, and of what significance is gender? Describe what they created, including the steps or cycles of creation. Also, include descriptions of any destroyers or destruction if applicable.
Viracocha was the male creator, known as god the creator, n the beginning, all was darkness and nothing existed. Viracocha the Creator came forth from the waters of Lake Titicaca and created the land and the sky before returning to the lake. He also created a race of people - in some versions of the story they were giants. These people and their leaders displeased Viracocha, so he came out of the lake again and flooded the world to destroy them. He also turned some of the men into stones. Then Viracocha created the Sun, Moon and stars.
Maori: Two gods appeared, one male god of the sky name Ranginui, or Rangi, and one female god of the earth, named Papatuanuku, or Papa, Their children each represented a different element of the earth. According to the myth, the children didn’t have enough space to live because their parents were very close together, resulting in an effort to separate Rangi