Origin Stories (P. 26-31)Mesopotamia Egypt Maya

Source of the World An – god of heaven Enlil – air god Enki – water god Nammu – mother-earth goddess

emerged from primordial chaos…. important gods responsible for creation….

Creation occurs several times prior….

Originator of the World the gods….. …beneath the earth swirled the underworld…. the gods…

Atum – the creator god Itzamn’a….the plumed serpent

How the Earth formed deities planned out and created the main components of the universe and then delegated these components to their offspring to rule…. earth created from primeval hill, from the waters of chaos….islands of mud appearing in the Nile…. ‘lotus flower’ from chaotic waters...

Resting on the back of a crocodile…. Complex integration of elements…. 13 heavens, 9 underworlds….

First lifeforms children of the heaven-god….. cattle, sheep, plants…. gods created natural enviro…. gods….. multitude of gods……

How humans formed humans fashioned from clay by the gods… conscious of their roles as slaves…. humans fashioned from clay by the gods…

the potter’s wheel…. from corn, actually……

Relationship between Humans and the world humans to work the land, laboring……. hunt, gather and praise the gods…..

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Origin Stories (P. 26-31)China India Japan

Source of the World chaos within a huge egg…. The Vedas The triad….Hindu Trinity

o Brahmao Vishnuo Shiva

god and goddess stir the oceans…..

Originator of the World Pan Gu ‘Supreme Being’ golden lotus on a great sea Zzangi and his sister, Izanami…..

How the Earth formed Pan Gu separates the earth and heaven…. Yi shoots down six of seven suns…. an egg (again!)…two halves made up heaven and earth…. Islands rose from the oceans……

First lifeforms Pan gu Yi Lady Moon The Hindu Trinity……

Gods…..give rise/birth to humanity Brahma makes woman….falls in love with her……

Gods born from Zzangi’s eyes and nose Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess….

How humans formed fleas and lice of Pan Gu…… from gods….. Jimmu, first emperor, …660BC

Relationship between Humans and the world Yin and Yang….find balance…. much concerned with nature…..

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Origin Stories (P. 26-31)Greco-Roman Judeo-Christian Islam

Source of the World chaos within a void….

God forms heaven, earth, light and darks... Allah forms heaven, earth, light and dark

Originator of the World Gaia, Erebos, Eros…… God Allah

How the Earth formed Gaia births Uranus…. God made water, sky, ground, vegetation, animals….. Similar to judeo-christian story…

First lifeforms Titans/gods…. All living creatures…. All living creatures….

How humans formed Prometheus/ Athena made man Zeus made first woman/ father of humanity…. Adam and Eve…..

created in gods image….. Adam and Eve….. created in gods image…..

Relationship between Humans and the world humans are subservient to the gods….. rule over nature…. rule over nature….

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