Janelly Rios
Writing Assignment #1 Throughout my years in school, I have learned about the many theories of our creation; theories including the Genesis and the Big Bang Theory. However, I was impressed of the way native people view their creation. Like artist Nora Naranjo-Morse, native people believed that their people came out of the ground, hence their strong connection with the Earth. They disagreed with the Bering Strait theory, which stated that people migrated to the Americas when the continents were connected.
At that time, there were different native societies located in the Americas and each society had their own creation story. Although every story is different, they still contained the same components, which were facts and myths. …show more content…
The wood men were also not good so they were destroyed, but some survived and later became monkey people. Finally, God made them out of the ears of corn grounding them into meal. The concept of this story is similar to my belief; however, it illustrates the many trials it took God to create man. The Aztec creation story was the story that impressed me the most because according to my Mexican culture we are mixed with indigenous and European ancestry. The indigenous group to which my family referred to is the Aztecs, and this was my first time I read about my ancestors’ theory on their creation. According to the suggested website, the Aztecs believed that their Goddess, Coatlique, was impregnated by an obsidian knife and gave birth to the goddess of the moon and a group of male offspring which became the stars. Their goddess also gave birth to the fiery god of war which later destroyed his brothers and sister. According to the Aztecs, the world was made out of a catastrophe because the heavens crumbled to pieces causing the earth mother to fall and fertilize while her children were scattered throughout the universe. I found this story interesting because even though they believed that they were created by a higher power, their story is completely different from mine. This demonstrates that the religion in Mexico is highly influenced by the European
Writing Assignment #1 Throughout my years in school, I have learned about the many theories of our creation; theories including the Genesis and the Big Bang Theory. However, I was impressed of the way native people view their creation. Like artist Nora Naranjo-Morse, native people believed that their people came out of the ground, hence their strong connection with the Earth. They disagreed with the Bering Strait theory, which stated that people migrated to the Americas when the continents were connected.
At that time, there were different native societies located in the Americas and each society had their own creation story. Although every story is different, they still contained the same components, which were facts and myths. …show more content…
The wood men were also not good so they were destroyed, but some survived and later became monkey people. Finally, God made them out of the ears of corn grounding them into meal. The concept of this story is similar to my belief; however, it illustrates the many trials it took God to create man. The Aztec creation story was the story that impressed me the most because according to my Mexican culture we are mixed with indigenous and European ancestry. The indigenous group to which my family referred to is the Aztecs, and this was my first time I read about my ancestors’ theory on their creation. According to the suggested website, the Aztecs believed that their Goddess, Coatlique, was impregnated by an obsidian knife and gave birth to the goddess of the moon and a group of male offspring which became the stars. Their goddess also gave birth to the fiery god of war which later destroyed his brothers and sister. According to the Aztecs, the world was made out of a catastrophe because the heavens crumbled to pieces causing the earth mother to fall and fertilize while her children were scattered throughout the universe. I found this story interesting because even though they believed that they were created by a higher power, their story is completely different from mine. This demonstrates that the religion in Mexico is highly influenced by the European