The Creation Myths Of Mayan And Shintoism

​Many of the cultures that we have today have evolved from past events. Such as language it was something that became known throughout the years. Some of the languages that came from that were English, Spanish, German, and Latin to name a few. These languages were derived more past civilizations. One important civilization that is known for having great success is the Mayan civilization. The Mayan civilization is known for many things like they fully developed written language, art, architecture, math and some other factors. Historians have said that they don’t know an exact date of when this civilization rose up but they do mention that it flourished for about 2000 years. Although staring in 250 AD it is said that it was the start of their high point and it continued until the arrival of the Spanish in 1524. The Maya area covers southern Mexico and northwestern Central America. According to Sharer the area is divided into three regions: the Pacific coastal plain to the south, the highlands in the center, and the lowlands to the north. Even though these three regions were under the same civilization they all practiced different religious rituals. Religion plays a big role in every civilization. Some civilizations tend to praise more than one god and they always mention that what they have is thanks to their god. When they see things going wrong they often say that their god is punishing them because they did something that the god/s did not like. This tends to be the same

The Olmec had a big influence on the Maya civilization because they had about the same beliefs and portrayal of gods. The Maya people of were found in the Mexico and Central America who have inhabited in modern-day Yucatan, Campeche, Tabasco, and Chiapas in Mexico and southward through Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras. The Maya believed in the cyclical nature of life, where nothing was ever `born’ and nothing ever `died’. Since nothing was ever born nor did it die then there was no heaven or a hell where the soul went but, rather, embarked on a journey toward a paradise

The Maya were believed to existence in 1800 BC and gone by 1500 AD. They had a lot of big cities but no capital. Many of the people lived in hay huts, some in limestone buildings built on tall pyramids which could actually be used as landmarks. They have a constant reminder the gods are present with the pyramids and first one was built right before Christ birth. Their agriculture was based on the economy, there main crop was corn but also grew cotton, beans, squash and cocao. They hunted deer, duck, turkey, monkeys, iguana, and other things with bow and arrows, blowguns, darts to eat, they did a little fishing. The Mayan art was about politics, the

The Navajo are similar to the Maya, have stories of creation. The Navajo believe that “Before this world existed, and far below it, the First World lay in darkness. Here lived six beings: First Man, First Woman, Salt Woman, Fire God, Coyote, and Begochiddy, the golden-haired child of the Sun. Begochiddy made four mountains in this first world - white to the east; blue to the south; yellow to the west; and black to the north. Then Begochiddy made insects and plants. But conflicts arose and the first beings, tired of the First World and its darkness, decided to leave. At the center of the First World, Begochiddy made a red mountain and planted a giant reed. The first beings gathered all of Begochiddy's creations and crawled inside the hollow

“Then the earth was created by them. So it was, in truth, that they created the earth. Earth! ...they said, and instantly it was made.” (From the Popol Vuh pg.14) This presumption of creation came from the Mayans. They believed the forefathers the Creator, the Maker, Tepeu, and Gucumatz whom were immortal, created the animals and the first man. They thought that there was only a sky and a sea before the earth came about. “There was nothing standing; only the calm water, the placid sea, alone and tranquil. Nothing existed.” (From the Popol Vuh pg.14) This folk tale suggests that the Mayans believed in more than one higher power. They assumed the civilization

The Maya were a people from Middle America, which includes modern Guatemala, Southern Mexico, and Northern Belize (Editors). The Maya civilization was considered to be “one of the most dominant indigenous societies of Mesoamerica,” (Maya). “The Maya excelled at agriculture, pottery, hieroglyph writing, calendar-making, and mathematics, and left behind an astonishing amount of impressive architecture and symbolic artwork,” (Maya). They also gave mankind the modern calendar (Jarus, Maya). The Mayans were a very advanced people, but one of the most important things in the Mayan culture was their religion/god worshipping rituals.

The Native Americans created their own version of the creation story, as well as the Judeo-Christians. Both stories are very similar in a way but also different. As one believes in God, the heavens, and the Earth and the other in Skywomen, the Skyworld, and the Earth.

There are a variety of creation myths from the different peoples of the world. One of the most known myths is from the Mayan people. The Mayans were an indigenous group whose civilization was located in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras. They were a very strong group that lived during the sixth century. While, to us, the Mayan creation story is a myth, the Mayan people considered it a true event. The Popol Vuh contains the Mayan’s creation of the world myth.

The Maya were also a farming society like the Aztecs. They too, worshiped many gods, whom they felt were responsible for their survival. Gods of rain, wind, and sun were among the ones most worshiped. Mayan leaders went to war to try and capture the ruler of another city. If they did they would sacrifice the prisoner, again much like the Aztecs (Mexico).

Architecture, the basis of life for the Mayans. Architecture, specifically regarding pyramids. Now, when we think of the word “pyramid” most people will automatically think of the Great Pyramids of Egypt (we’ll get to those). But the Mayans had just as pyramids just as great. See, the technical building of the Maya pyramid was the same as the Egyptians. Both civilizations had pyramids of their own architectural design; Egypt with the well-known triangle and the Mayans with staircases. The use of slaves would help rise the pyramids from the ground, stacking, piling, pulling, and layering stone and clay. The main difference

The first group of Native Americans, the Maidu origin story began with a turtle and the turtle was talking to Earth Initial. The turtle helps the Earth Initial by swimming to the bottom of the sea and the Earth Initial used the dirt under the turtle’s nails to create the earth. Additionally, Earth Initial invited his sister which is the sun and the moon his brother and that was the beginning of the earth. While in the Christian origin story the earth, heaven, sun, moon and stars were created by God.

The Mayan way of life revolved their religion. They had a polytheistic religion praising many gods. Each god had a certain thing that they would rule over or take care of. Chac was the god of rain, Kinich Ahau was the sun god, and Yum Cimil was the god of the underworld. There were many gods and goddess for almost every reason one could think of, there is even a goddess of suicide. They would perform human sacrifices, bleeding rituals, and dances to praise and to

Some Mayan differences are one is that they sacrifice. They have to sacrifice people to the Maize god so the sun rises. They do this because if the sun doesn’t rise then they don't get corn which their life’s are based on. The mayans have a king and queen. To farm they use a slash and burn technique. They have 3 calendars.

way they treated these creations differed greatly. The Mayan god made man on accident, as he

The Mayans were organized by city states and ran government the same way. The religion was based on polytheism, or multiple Gods of nature and earth. One reason for their rise to a complex civilization was that The Mayans were very advanced people in the area of education. They were well ahead of their time in areas of math, astronomy, and even medicine and other sciences. Society, along with much of the world today, is still influenced by their ways and methods in these areas. The Mayas