Popol Vuh Creation Myth Analysis

The countries or regions where the two stories originated had an effect on how life was created in regard to that particular story. When contrasting the two stories against one another the reader is able to see which elements is taken from that stories place of origin and which part of the story is basic human knowledge. These two myths have elements of truth in them because they have parts of the story that have been pulled from the country or region in which the creation myth was written. Beginning with the Japanese Creation Myth, the main story focuses on two deities named Izanagi “He Who Invites” and Izanami “She Who Invites” who both played a big role in the creation of life on earth. They had been born of reeds that sprouted …show more content…
The story is also somewhat preserved by the people translating them and from them trying to restore some of the original meaning of the story according to “The Constitution of the White Earth Nation: A New Innovation in a Longstanding Indigenous Literary Tradition” written by Lisa Brooks. The Mayans worshiped the Quiche gods and the Popol Vuh Creation Myth helps to show readers today how the Mayan Quiche culture was like. The Popol Vuh story is mostly about the creation of humans and the adventure of two twin heroes named Hunahpu and Xbalanque. In the Popol Vuh story the world wasn’t created out of nothing and two entities play a huge role in the story much like in the Japanese Creation Myth. The Popol Vuh however does bring a lot of the Mayan Quiche culture and traditions into the story with the different gods and how the story explains night and day along with the stars in the sky towards the end of the …show more content…
The Japanese story has a lot of Japan rituals and traditions incorporated throughout the story. The Popol Vuh has a lot of religious elements that are added that came from the Mesoamerican people. All though the way in which life was created was interpreted in different ways between the two stories the ideology that the people creating these myths share a similar concept. Both of the stories do well in explaining why the earth looks a certain way and how humans came to be on the earth. The Japanese Creation Myth talks about all of the main landscapes found in Japan such as the bodies of water and the different Islands. The Popol Vuh Creation Myth talks about the different types of animals and nature found in that region. Both stories also have a way of making humans apart of the earth in one way or another either from being created from elements of the earth or being born from beings that came from the earth. Both stories also have a way of explaining why the earth has wildlife or how day and night came into