Where do we begin when studying mythology?

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Where do we begin when studying mythology?

Creation myths From around the world

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?

The characteristics of creation Nothingness Primal ooze An egg A serpent The formation of the earth and geography The peopling of the world

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

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

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

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.

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.

Chaos stories Type of creation myth used in germany, egyptian The world begins with a swirling chaos, winds, fires, and from this begins life

Clay stories Type of creation myth 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 truly exist