Myth Summary

Myths, have the explanation of natural phenomenons like hurricanes, tsunamis, and blizzards. People from the past had wondered about the facts of earth, so they created myths to explain their curiosity. These myths, contain creators, void of nothing, disappointments of gods and many more because myths are connected to the earth's crisis.

Themes of creators, disappointments and void are at the centre of many creation myths which is unusual because their ways of life and beliefs are so different. To start, in every myth, there are creators which are known as Gods. In myths of Mayans and Chinese, there were one to two creators that constructed the earth. The earth didn't naturally emerge out of the darkness itself. It was made by either separating the Sky and Land, or by the imaginations of the creators. Most creators are known as God. In the Mayan myths, there were two creators who created the world with their thought but in the Chinese myths, Phan Ku, the creator carved the world with a chisel. The creators had different ways of making the earth but their intentions were all the same.

Secondly, myths have disappointments, sadness or pain. Tepez, and Gucumatz, the creators of the Mayan myths, tried to make beings who praised them for their work. Sadly, they failed each try. The creators tried to get praised from animal, make people out of clay and wood, but they were failures. With anger and misery, they flooded the earth so that the failures were cleansed out of the pure world. I believe every myths have these kinds of disappointments from the Gods which could cause war, despair and losses.

Lastly, many myths started out with nothing or just void, surrounded by the chaos. Earth didn't just emerge from the darkness. The people had the theory that it was created by something.The Gods or the Creators emerged, or were born from the swirling mass of void and chaos. The Chinese creator Phan Ku, emerged out of the cosmic egg, and the egyptian God Atum, created himself from the waters of Chaos named Nu. The people from the past had that theory that the world started with nothing which is fascinating since their imaginations were creative. This is the proof that many myths started with space.

Myths tell us about the beginning of the earth and the wonders of sun, moon along with the stars. However, we will still continue to have curiosity as the generations go on.

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