Vietnamese And Mayans Similarities

Within in each civilization, there are many differences and distinctions among each one from all around the world. In particular, the ones that are widely spread out around the world all show characteristics that are unique and are unlike one another. Although, in many aspects, they can also be very similar, seeming to blend all together into one unique culture. But to show some distinctions among the civilizations that have been discussed, the most that contrast but have also shown some similarities would be the Polynesians, the Vietnamese and the Mayans. These civilizations are all separated and are located in different parts of the world that they have each created separate cultures but interestingly enough, they also show some resemblances …show more content…
Some of which would be that animism is eminent in the Polynesian religion but it is also present in the religions of the Vietnamese and the Mayans, such as their belief in nature. Another would be that all of their religions are polytheistic, which it is most known that the Mayans have over 165 gods and goddesses that they worship, while the Polynesians and the Vietnamese also have gods and goddesses that they reverent. Besides the differences in the names of the gods and goddesses, they all serve a common purpose in the aspects of the Polynesians, the Vietnamese, and the Mayans lives, for example, there are a god or goddess for fire, as the creator, sun, and moon as well as having a belief in the heavens and the underworld, since the gods occupied these regions. All of these civilizations also shared a common factor in their belief system by believing in an afterlife. In particular, the Polynesians and the Mayans share a common belief of the afterlife by the soul going to the underworld as well as people sacrificing, most likely to the pantheon of gods and goddesses that they were devoted to. In addition, the government and their religions were connected by having the religious leader become the most influential and powerful in the societies of the Polynesians and the Mayans. Such as, the Polynesians had chiefs, who were the most influential in society, since they were believed to be genealogically related to the gods, therefore having great mana and in the Mayans civilizations, the priests had a high status in their society. A similarity between the Vietnamese and the Mayans would be that their religion consisted of major worship towards nature, towards aspects of farming and agriculture. Overall, there are many similarities between the civilizations of the Polynesians, the Vietnamese and