Creation Myths And The Mapuche Culture

Creation myths can tell us a lot about the way humans picture their place in their place in the universe. In each story, humans associate themselves with a defined set of characteristics –sometimes positive ones, sometimes negative ones. Many creation myths also attempt to explain the origin and purpose of human beings on earth, in addition to defining the power dynamics underlining the relationships humans have with nature and with each other. In many creation myths humans seem to be depicted as powerful and destructive; furthermore, in most creation myths, the origin of the human character is unclear, and their relationship is also unclear. This is similar to the Mapuche culture creation myth, which depicts humans as powerful , and clearly doesn’t explain their origin and relationship. …show more content…
Humans are depicted as lots of things but in most of the creation myths they are depicted as powerful and destructive because that’s their nature just like in the Mapuche creation myth humans are neglectful because they start not to obey there God. In most of the creation myths the origin of humans is unclear; for example “God and the first man” and “When God came to earth” They both don’t explain where they came from or why they were created. In each of the creation myths they just explain who the creator is, but not why. “When God came to earth” the existents of the elephants are unclear when they mention the characters. In the Mapuche was unclear about their origin they were just created. The Mapuche creation myth they explain there are people which obey the God