Popol Vuh Vs Genesis Research Paper
There are many stories that talk about the creation of the earth and have been passed from generation to generation. However, each culture and each region has its own stories about the creation. They are unique in some way but still share the same themes that are universal to many civilizations. Almost all the themes talk about how we and everything on earth were created or how the universe and humanity developed. Two of the most popular creation stories are the Book of Genesis and the Popol Vuh. While the Genesis and Popol Vuh are different in the way God created living things and their explanation of creation, their similarities are important because they tell us how everything come from and the people’s belief in Gods. First of all, the
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They did mistake and fail to meet the Gods’ expectations. For the Genesis, Adam and Eve were enticed by a serpent and ate the fruit anyway even though they were warned before by the God. Feeling angry from their mistake, God forced them out of the Garden and began to be multiplied and full-filled in the earth. From another part of the Genesis, God was unhappy from what he created because the humans at that time were very greedy and did not follow God’s expectations. Therefore, he created a great flood on the earth, destroying everything and killing everyone from this flood. “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth,… for it repenteth me that I have made them.” (Genesis 70). In contrast, in the Popol Vuh, when animals, mud people and wood people could not reach Gods ‘expectations because they did not praise the creators as they wanted them to do. Therefore, Gods made a flood to kill all the mud and wood people. “The manikins, woodcarvings were killed when the Heart of Sky devised a flood for them.” (Popol Vuh 82). While God in Genesis gave humans a second chance to live by saving life for Noah’s family after destroying everything, Gods in Popol Vuh began to create the corn people after a flood to serve for their desire because they could praise the Gods and did everything that they
They did mistake and fail to meet the Gods’ expectations. For the Genesis, Adam and Eve were enticed by a serpent and ate the fruit anyway even though they were warned before by the God. Feeling angry from their mistake, God forced them out of the Garden and began to be multiplied and full-filled in the earth. From another part of the Genesis, God was unhappy from what he created because the humans at that time were very greedy and did not follow God’s expectations. Therefore, he created a great flood on the earth, destroying everything and killing everyone from this flood. “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth,… for it repenteth me that I have made them.” (Genesis 70). In contrast, in the Popol Vuh, when animals, mud people and wood people could not reach Gods ‘expectations because they did not praise the creators as they wanted them to do. Therefore, Gods made a flood to kill all the mud and wood people. “The manikins, woodcarvings were killed when the Heart of Sky devised a flood for them.” (Popol Vuh 82). While God in Genesis gave humans a second chance to live by saving life for Noah’s family after destroying everything, Gods in Popol Vuh began to create the corn people after a flood to serve for their desire because they could praise the Gods and did everything that they