In all three creation stories, the gods and goddesses make man, but the all deities downgrade the human beings after creation in some way. In Popul Vuh, the community of the Mayan deities are unhappy with the fact that the first humans can see so far, so the gods including Sovereign Plumed Serpent and Xmucane, two other deities important in making mankind, make the decision to demote humanity, “and when they changed the nature of their works, their designs , it was enough so that the eyes be marred by the Heart of Sky” (Popul Vuh 85). Also, in Genesis, the first man and woman both make the fatal decision to eat from the Tree of Life and their eyes open. The sole deity, Lord God, is angered by this insubordinance of the only rule in Eden of
