It represented the Mayan efforts to accommodate Christian beliefs.” (Danver 6). In the Popol Vuh the gods create earth simply by saying the word Earth “Then the earth was created by them. Merely their word brought about the creation of it. In order to create the earth, they said, ‘Earth,’ and immediately it was created. Just like a cloud, like a mist, was the creation and formation of it.” (Popol Vuh 61). The gods created the Earth in one day in Genesis God took seven days to create Earth and everything on it, however in both of these works there is a hierarchy for creation. In both myths, the day and night, light and dark, oceans, trees, and animals were all created before human
It represented the Mayan efforts to accommodate Christian beliefs.” (Danver 6). In the Popol Vuh the gods create earth simply by saying the word Earth “Then the earth was created by them. Merely their word brought about the creation of it. In order to create the earth, they said, ‘Earth,’ and immediately it was created. Just like a cloud, like a mist, was the creation and formation of it.” (Popol Vuh 61). The gods created the Earth in one day in Genesis God took seven days to create Earth and everything on it, however in both of these works there is a hierarchy for creation. In both myths, the day and night, light and dark, oceans, trees, and animals were all created before human