Cosmic creation myths are at the center of literally every culture of the human race. The Inca and The Navajo people are no different each has a cosmic creation myth. The two myths are similar in many ways there also are some differences in each cosmic creation myth. The Christian cosmic myth is one most every person from our American culture is familiar with, god created the world in 6 days, and on the seventh day he rested. Then there was Adam and Eve, and the Garden of Eden. The rest of the story is well known. The Navajo cosmic myth begins with just six beings, the first men, the first woman, the salt woman, the fire god, the coyote and Begochiddy the child of the son. The Navajo creation myth begins in the first world, the first world is made up of four colors, black in the north, white in the east, blue in the south, and yellow in the west.
The first world was not very desirable to Begochiddy’s people, in search of a more beautiful place he planted a large seed which grew into a hallow reed that rose into the second world. The second would was the most beautiful place. The second world was white and blue. The problem was that the second world was already inhabited by the cat people, the cat people and the first people fought vigorously, so much so that Begochiddy again planted a large seed for the first men and women to go to the third world, the third world was beautiful with rivers and lakes until coyote stole the baby child of the water monster. The water monster was so mad that he flooded the land, Begochiddy made the coyote give back the child, and because of the flooding they first men and first women went into the fourth world.
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The fourth world was not as beautiful so the child of the sun, (Begochiddy) created the mountains, the moon, sun and stars, also the people were taught to plant food, harvest and give thanks to the sun, stars, and river gods. The Inca creation myth is Pachacamac (the sun) was so bright that it was the only thing that could be seen in the sky. Pachacamac created the stars, planets and man, his wife Pachamana (the moon) ruled the heavens and earth. The first humans were made from stone, but were a very pitiful people, they had no idea how to survive. Out of pity the rulers sent their son and daughter to teach the humans how to survive, the son taught the men how to plow and plant fields and how to build shelter. The daughter taught the women to weave and to cook food for all to eat. The final thing that the humans were taught was to be kind and fair to each other.
Most importantly they were taught to never forget where they came from. Pachacamac’s son the first Inca and his sister-wife ruled the humans. They took a long journey in search of placed for people to settle, along their journey they put golden rods into the ground as a sign to their people to build a city, when they reached the Valley of Huanacauri the golden rod sunk all the way into the ground, this was a sign where their people would settle. The first Inca settled in Hanon Cuzco (the north city).
The city was inhabited by only men, the women settled in Hurin-Cuzco in the south. All Incan cities were comprised of a northern and southern portion. In the Navajo cosmic creation the river god flooded the third world as a way to show displeasure with the first men and women after the coyote stole his child.
This once beautiful land was flooded and the Navajo first men and women had to flee to the fourth world. The Incan creation myth did not include and natural disasters. The Navajo and Incan myth both had distinct creators, the Navajo creation myth was mainly created by the child of the son Begochiddy. The Incan myth had a male and female creator, the Incan creation myth had distinct differences from the Navajo creation myth, the male and female creator worked together but for different people (male and female).
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Five Creation Myths After reading five myths about the creation of the universe, I can identify several similarities and differences that appear in the stories. The most obvious similarity in the stories is the presence of a god (or goddess) t hat brought the universe to its present state. He or she brought light from darkness, produced sea and land to make the Earth, and populated it with plant ...
Cosmic creations are important to cultures because of the main theme that comes with them. In all cosmic creation myths studied they all spoke of the importance of being kind and remembering where they came from. Each cosmic creation myth also tells of the terrible things that befell people who refused to get along, or pay respect to their creator.
This is the same in the Christian cosmic creation myth, tales of the great flood, and Sodom and Gomorrah serve as stern reminders when people “lose their way”, or do not pay respect to their creator. Cosmic myths serve to maintain a balance in humanity that would otherwise not be there. These values are what make it important. The main theme of all creation myths are that if people treat each other fairly and equals than the gods will not disrupt the land. Cosmic creation myths are found in every culture of the world.
The characters differ and the way that the creations happen are varied but all are similar in the fact that the people must respect their creator and will suffer tremendously if their creator is ever forgotten. Cosmic creation myths serve as a constant reminder to the people of the culture that they must be humble as they are humans and had to be created. Each cosmic creation myth has specific stories detailing the wonderful things to be gained but also the terrible fate that awaits should the people forget their creators.
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