Long ago, lived an ancient civilization, shrouded in the jungles of Indonesia, called the Wazaznacas. They were a primitive tribe, surviving primarily by hunting and gathering. One day a young girl asked her mother about the creation of the world, in their native language, Wazanki. And this is how it went. There was once a young man, named Guntur, and he was the supreme being of the world, the leader of the deities, controlling the thunder and the everything pertaining to the skies (precipitation, clouds, etc). Under him, were many other powerful deities, taking many forms, such as, Eko, the Panda and his magical bamboo (Artifact 2), Caha, a mystical enchantress, and Caho, a fire-bending wizard, and the husband of Caha. Every one lived in …show more content…
Secretly, in the night, both the mischievous Bako and Ariella, smelted all the natural tungsten, and golden jewelry, to form a long chain. After that, they connected the chain to a tree, a hidden one in the heart of the heavens, and prepared to climb down and disobey Guntur. As soon as they reached the ocean, they grabbed a few blue beads from a dish (Artifact 5), stolen from Gunturs personal cache, and crushed them and sand, gravel, and dirt, bursted form the beads and soon solidified and land was created. Next, they thought the “world” was dull and not as lush as their home in the heavens, and unleashed the rainbow worm on the land, which molded the land with its body, and sprouted flora and fauna, everywhere it crawled, by the use of its magical properties, granted by the tree of Vestu. Bako and Ariella, both then decided that the world looked lonely, and began to develop human figures, out of clay/mud, from the beads, soon these little people( Artifact 3), in stature, existed and began to populate the, now deemed by Bako and Ariella, Bumi, or Earth. After a cope days on their new world, they decided
The Islamic civilization spread to encompass such an extensive empire by using their resources and becoming a peaceful civilization with peaceful people.
According to the Iroquian creation story “The World on the Turtles Back”, its starts out in the Sky World, the earth did not exist at this point. In the Sky world, they lived a pregnant woman and her husband. The woman was longing the roots from The Great
How was the world created? There are a bunch of ways different beliefs on how the world was created and it mainly has to do with religion and the way people believe in something. The story “The World on Turtles Back” shows how the Iroquois believe the world was created. The story of Genesis is creation story on how the Christians believe the world was formed. “The World on the Turtles Back” and Genesis are two stories that can be so different
One of the most important myths of the Huichols Indians is about the creation of the world. These types of myths are categorized as origin myths which “are typically the most sacred of a culture’s myths and provide the foundation upon which other myths are built” (Lindell “Professor’s Notes 4” 2). The article “Journey of Grandmother Rain” by Jack Eidt tells the story about the first humans, the creation of the land, and the creation of the sun. From a structuralist perspective, the binary opposition that shapes the worldview of the Huichol Indians is apparent in this origin myth. According to Eidt, in the Huichol origin myth the first human, named Watacame, and his black female dog, Tziku Mayuri, had to “withstand five days of monsoons, wind, waves, flooding and storming” (Eidt). After Watacame had successfully survived the storm, the Goddess Takutzi Nakawe (Grandmother Rain)
High Noon and The Most Dangerous Game are both stories involving a main character who is being hunted. The main characters, Will Kane and Sanger Rainsford, both face similar challenges within the stories. Both intense stories take place around the time of World War II. High Noon and The Most Dangerous Game share similar characters, but they include different themes and take place in a different setting.
Many people wonder about the creation of our world or how it started because it is the place we live in. It is so mass and divergent, so it sparks curiosity in all of our minds. The Iroquois are a Native American tribe that resided in what is now New York. This tribe had many different beliefs on how the world was created. The Iroquois believed in the sky-world, the only thing was the sky-world
It all started with Uranus and Gaea. They were the first God and Goddess. Gaea is the Goddess of the Earth. Uranus is the God of sky. Another name that refer to Gaea is Mother Earth. Uranus and Gaea First children are called the titans. They had 6 titans, which are boys. They also had 6 titanesses, which are girls. The titan had ridiculous amount of strength. One of the titans was named Cronus. Uranus and Gaea had 3 cyclops children. There names were Lightning, Thunder,and Thunderbolt. The cyclopes are strong smiths. Then Uranus and Gaea had a 3 generation of kids, which were 3 sons. They had 50 heads & 100 strong arms. Uranus put the cyclops and 3rd generation of children into Tartarus. Gaea told her Titan kids to help her and kill Uranus for sending there other kids into Tartarus. Gaea told her children, who ever chooses to kill there father get the title lord of the universe and also free his siblings. Cronus said he would, but his father fled before he got the chance.
Beginning around 700 B.C., stories by Homer and other Greek poets told of the lives of powerful gods who involved themselves in human affairs. Supreme among these gods was Zeus, but to the Romans he was known as Jupiter. Zeus was the supreme god and ruler of Olympus. He was known by many titles: Lord of the Sky, the Cloud- gatherer, the Rain-god, and Zeus the Thunderer. All of which are the most popular names dating back to ancient Greek history and mythology.
Today King Tutankhamun, died in his early 10s. King Tutankhamen (also known as boy king), reigned the Egyptian colony for 9 years. King Tut was suffering from genetic deficiencies but mostly he might of died from a broken leg, it isn't confirmed though. His golden coffin is now buried in a tomb in the Valley Of The Kings, surrounded by 5000 priceless treasures. These treasures include a golden throne, crown and cobra, pottery and big chests. Along with a golden burial mask, King Tut’s sandals are inside the tomb.
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.
There are many reasons in which the Persian empire is considered one of the greatest civilizations ever in human history and this can mostly be attributed to the stupendous leadership of the one and only Cyrus the great. One of the best kings that the world has ever seen and was the most dominant man in his era. He was brilliant and extremely powerful as he was smart and strong enough to conquer almost every single land within his area and put them all together into one persian empire. The legacy that Cyrus left behind him was one that every king after him tried to follow. For example, emperor Darius I still continued the expansion of the persian empire and reigned control over it as well. After Cyrus died there was a time in which there was nothing but trash rulers and then Darius I came into power. As I stated earlier Darius wanted to follow in the steps of Cyrus and be even greater than him so Darius builded on what Cyrus achieved and split the persian empire into multiple provinces to control the government a little easier. Another thing that made persia so successful was the fact that they tolerated non-Persian folks to live in their empire. There were many different types of people all across persia and the government did not force anything upon these non-Persian residents and let them live their lives how they had before arriving and they only had to pay taxes. Due to this the
In myths we come across many names of gods and goddesses and strange creatures. All of them have many stories related to them. Different gods represent different aspects of life and the Earth is under their control.
“The Iroquois Creation Story” tells the ancient myth when only two worlds existed. One, in the lower half, complete darkness filled with monsters and the other, the upper world, filled with mankind. There, in the second world, a women conceived twins. As her labor intensified she fell closer and closer to the lower, darker world. While in distress the twins were born and “entered the dark world by compulsion”. Only a few moments later the women fell to her death. As the twins grew older they possessed different minds. One was the good mind and the other was the bad mind. The good mind used the parent for his initial creations. Around the head, an orb was created to “bestow light to the new world”, now known as the sun. Another orb was placed around the body which was “inferior” to the light, now known as the moon. He also created spots of lights to connect the day and night which are now know as stars. All of these were created to help “regulate” the days, nights, season, years, etc.”. The good mind continued his creations by creating animals, oceans, mountains, insects and mankind.
Existing research on attitudes towards mentally disabled persons have consistently yielded evidence that stigmatizing attitudes are still present today. However, many scales have failed to take into consideration factors that may have an effect on these attitudes, particularly, educational attainment and culture. This study aims at addressing this gap in the literature, and at the same time further examine two specific components of these attitudes: authoritarianism and benevolence. Across three samples, the researchers developed a measure called Attitudes Towards People with Mental Disabilities (APMDS). After the development of the original item pool, the scale was presented for peer evaluation. Psychometric properties were then determined by testing the
The supreme ruler and king of gods, Zeus, is often mentioned as Jupiter and the sender of thunder, lightning, rain, and wind (Britannica.com). “Zeus was the first of the gods and a very imposing figure. Often referred to as ‘the father of gods and men,’ he is a sky god who controls lightning.” (Britannica.com) Although the god is labeled most powerful and the mightiest of all, he is not perfect. Zeus is known for his promiscuous action. Often times he fell in love with one woman after the other and attempted to disguise his infidelity from his wife. Zeus left no woman behind in his crazy love-life, the god married and had children with his sister, Hera and. Hera was not Zeus’ only siblings. He also had two brothers, Poseidon and Hades and another sister named Hestia. His parents are known as Cronus and Rhea. Zeus was not just handed the title “god of the sky,” instead him and his two brothers drew lots. The sea was given to Poseidon, the underworld to Hades, and Zeus was named lord of the sky, rain god, and cloud gatherer. The eagle is considered sacred to this god. Zeus also treasures the oak tree. It is often told that the gods will was revealed by the rustling of the oak tree. (Hamilton 27)