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Mayan
See also: Maya mythology
The Maya of Mesoamerica creation story is recounted in the book "Popol Vuh". Tepeu and Gucamatz came together to create the world. Whatever was thought of by Tepeu and Gucamatz came into being. Next for creation are the creatures of the forest: birds, deer, jaguars and snakes. They are told to multiply and scatter, and then to speak and "pray to us". But the animals just squawk and howl. So Tepeu and Gucumatz try to make some respectful creatures from mud. But the results are not great, and they allow the new race to be washed away. They call upon their grandparents, who suggest wood as an appropriate medium. But the wooden people are just mindless robots, so Tepeu and Gucumatz set about the destruction of this new race by means of a rain-storm. This causes the animals to turn against the wooden people; even their pots and querns rebel, and crush the peoples' faces. The wooden people escape to the forests and are turned into monkeys. Heart-of-Sky then make yet another attempt at creating a suitably respectful race, and finally succeed by fashioning humans out of maize-corn dough.
2007-08-10 05:42:24 · 10 answers · asked by Jack P 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
People are always dramatically search for ways to prevent disasters, so beginning doesn´t matter much to them, they want to be ready for nuclear war, end of century crash, all kinds of disasters what may or may not happen... so regardless what was on the beginning, the end scares all of us.
2007-08-10 07:34:14 · answer #1 · answered by Inna D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If prophecy is irrefutably fulfilled throughout time lines of the passed according to any sort of compiled writing is going to gain some popularity and is always interesting.
Isnt the calander what it is, a calander based
on events in relation to positions of planets
to determine when a event will happen.
And if the calander really worked what happened to this unique faith in the first place. Why was there a terrible demise if they could really tell the future then avoiding
it.That should be evidence enough that whatever they were doing their source really wasnt reliable as in self preservation.
Very interesting though but no cigar for 2012.
I favor the biblical verse, "no man knoweth"
It seems to set a perfect attitude on the subject.
2007-08-10 07:12:35 · answer #2 · answered by PENMAN 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I believe that Mayan end of the world crap like I believe the world was going to end during y2k and the end of the monks calender.. Hmm strange that we're still here after that mass hysteria.
2007-08-10 05:49:19 · answer #3 · answered by Indiana Raven 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There's some connections to the Bible like the rain storm is like the Great Flood. The dough is like the earth the Bible says we were made of.
2007-08-10 05:48:10 · answer #4 · answered by Animal Girl 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Like hell I came from maize dough.
2007-08-10 05:46:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
really? do people still believe the mayan end of the world thing?
2007-08-10 05:45:47 · answer #6 · answered by Claire 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My world: no finite beginnings, no finite endings. All things arise due to causes and conditions, are changing and impermanent.
_()_
2007-08-10 05:45:20 · answer #7 · answered by vinslave 7 · 9⤊ 0⤋
sure explains that dna problem between monkeys and humans
2007-08-10 05:49:39 · answer #8 · answered by phrog 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
metaphorically, it's not that hard to believe - and if you really think about it, God is essentially the same in every religion.
2007-08-10 06:03:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No.
2007-08-10 05:45:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋