The Maya Civilization

There are many creation myths around the world. Creation Myths may share similarities which are known as motifs. Some myths share motifs and the culture the myths were created may be separated by oceans. How would the early civilizations have creation myths that share so many motifs. In my opinion, three of the most common or important creation myth motifs are humans take care of the earth and worship their god(s), the the gods destroy earth, and Chaos is the beginning of time.

In this paragraph I’m going to talk about how the Inca, Mayan, and Aztec are similar. The Inca, Mayans, and Aztec all believed in many gods. They all have a moon god and a sun god but they have different names. Like the sun and moon god. The Mayan, Aztec and the Inca have very similar gods.

Religion can be defined as beliefs and sentimental values of a particular community in a society. These beliefs trace their origins from the ancient texts present in that community. These texts generally contains about the deities and gods in the historic era. These texts portray the mythological deities and gods with supernatural powers and how the earth was created by the almighty using these powers. Almost each and every religious texts talk about their god and how their god created this world and human beings.

The Mayan civilization lasted many decades and continues to be influential to the people of central America and the world. It is said that the Mayans were influenced, or derived, from the earliest settlers of central America, the Olmecs. The Mayan people were spread throughout Central America in places such as present day Mexico and all the way to Honduras but centered mainly in Guatemala. (History.com, “Locating the Maya”) The Mayan people accomplished many things and became a big influence to later civilizations. For a civilization that started in isolation from the rest of the world, they were able to accomplish many things that the rest of the world had done before.

Many cultures have different beliefs and different stories of how the world was created but the Aztec creation story is an interesting story to read. According to the myth the Aztecs have a story in which deals with the elements and how they came to be. The Aztec Creation Myth contains the following archetypes: the ritual, The unhealable wound, the battle between good and evil, and the task. The Aztec myth starts with a dual god named Ometecuhtli/ Omecihuatl creating themselves then he/she has kids (Huitzilopochtli, Quetzalcoatl, Tezcatlipoca, and Xipe Totec) who represent the four directions. They had created water but also a monster named Cipactli even though they knew that Cipactli would become a source to the cosmos in a strange way.

Many of its elements originated in religious ideas, but the struggle between Horus and Set may have been partly inspired by a regional conflict in Egypt 's history Osiris rules Egypt, having inherited the kingship from his ancestors in a lineage stretching back to the creator of the world, His queen is Isis who, along with Osiris and his murderer Set, is one of the children of the earth god geb and the sky goddess Little information about the reign of Osiris appears in Egyptian sources; the focus is on his death and the events that follow Osiris is connected with life-giving power, righteous kingship, and wise rule the ideal natural order whose maintenance was a fundamental goal in ancient Egyptian culture.Set is closely associated with violence and

The term polytheism, derived from the Greek “polytheia,” is defined by both Merrian-Webster and dictionary.com as the doctrine of, or belief in, more than one god or in many gods. The term first appeared in print around 1613, along with several other words related to religion including caste, cult, fetish, guru, imam, Sabbatarian and yogi. Urban Dictionary expands upon the more proper definitions by adding the worship of goddesses to their definition, as well as categorizing the definitions into “soft” and “hard” forms. “Soft polytheism” is defined as belief in many gods and goddesses, but also includes a belief that they are all aspects of a singular, supreme God or Goddess. Followers of the religion known as Wicca, a sort of modern day

They claimed that Pagans have used this symbol since the beginning of time – since it was considered a representation of reincarnation, it was instantly deemed Pagan. They also said Ourboros symbolizes time, “from which alone wisdom springs”. I’m not sure if the Christians just didn’t read the fine print on that one, but it’s still good on this side. Paganism is about the unity of all living things on earth, about the natural cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. I can see where the two walk hand in hand .

The members of most tribes believed in the immortality of the human soul and an afterlife, the main feature of which was the abundance of every good thing that made earthly life secure and pleasant. Native American religions are the spiritual practices of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

One of his most famous works was Metamorphoses. It covered hundred of Roman fables, from the creation of the world to the eminence of Roman official and war general Julius Caesar. In addition to Metamorphoses, he wrote another poem called Fasti. It explicated the reasoning behind the festivals and ceremonies of certain gods and goddesses

Wicca is a pagan nature-based, fertility-oriented religion, and although it has many roots to the “old ways” and ancient practices, Wicca as it currently stands is a fairly new religion, technically started by Gerald Gardner in the 1940s. Gardner reconstructed and reinvented ancient beliefs and practices to fit a modern age. Wiccans observe the turn of the seasons and the cycle of the moon. Wiccans embrace the existence of two main deities: the Goddess and the God. The moon and its changing phases are often considered the embodiment of the Goddess, while the sun is said to symbolize the God.