Creation of Nature and animals
What did the Earth look like in the beginning?
Only the sky and the sea existed
How is a myth different from a true story or history?
A myth explains beliefs or natural events, while history tells about real people and events.
What were the final people made of?
Corn
What were the first people made of?
Clay.
Who were the main creator gods in the myth?
Tepew and Q’uk’umatz.
What did the gods create first?
They created the Earth
What question does the Maya myth try to answer?
How the Earth and humans were created.
Why were the corn people successful?
They could think, speak, and praise the gods.
Why were the clay people no good for the gods?
They were soft and crumbled apart; they couldn’t move or speak well.
What did the gods want from the people they created?
To be praised.
Why did the gods create animals?
To fill the world with sound.
Why did the gods create people, according to the myth?
So there would be beings who could speak, think, and praise them.
What was wrong with the corn people?
Their eye sight was better than the gods.
What were the second people made of?
Wood.
Why was it important for the Mayan gods to work together on their third attempt?
What was wrong with the animals?
They could not speak or praise the gods.
What animal is said to come from this myth?
Monkies.
What gift was given to the corn people?
Wives.
Why were the wooden people no good for the gods?
Their bodies were rigid and warped, and they were not thinkers.
How did the Mayan gods create land?
Said "Earth."
What did the gods decide about the animals after they failed to praise them?
The gods said they would stay speechless and become food for humans.
What is a myth?
A story that explains how or why things happen.
Passed on from generation to generation
Makes sense of events
What were the corn people named after?
Jaguars.
What did the gods do to get rid of the wooden people?
They sent a flood and made animals and objects attack them until they were destroyed.
Who did the Mayan gods speak with before creating the corn people?
Animals.