PDF-(BOOK)-Primal Myths: Creation Myths Around the World

A comprehensive collection of creation stories ranging across widely varying times and cultures including Ancient Egyptian African and Native American. Do Now: The Greeks explained the existence of evil in the world through the myth (part of the creation myth) of Pandora’s Box.. If you could create a modern form of Pandora’s Box for our world, what would you put in the box.. Journal. What are some of the difficult aspects of going to a private, Christian school? . Why Read Myths and Folktales?. They . tell about the beginnings of things.. Include . marvelous or supernatural events and tell of deeds and adventures of gods and goddesses, heroes, and heroines. . Folktales, &. . Fables. What is a myth?. A . traditional. story that explains some aspect of . human life. or . the natural world. .. Myths. , Folktales, and Fables are all considered . oral literature. of. Orally Transmitted . Creation Myths. Jay R. Feierman. The Question. What was the copying fidelity across individual story tellers and over generations of the orally transmitted creation myths that eventually were memorialized in writing and canonized as Genesis (. Creation (Luzon). In the beginning of time there were . three powerful gods . who lived in the universe. . Bathala. was the caretaker of the earth, . Ulilang. . Kaluluwa. (lit. Orphaned Spirit), a huge serpent who lived in the clouds, and . Essential Questions. Why do people communicate?. How do people communicate?. How do audience and purpose determine style?. Is it important to share ideas, questions and emotions?. Before America was America. Folklore. . can be defined. …. . as all the traditions, customs, and stories that are passed along by word of mouth in a culture.. “Folk” . means. …. . ordinary people. a. nd. “lore” . motifs or . events that occur in mythologies across cultures. Essential Questions . • . What characteristics are found in different types of myths? . • . What natural phenomena, supernatural phenomena, and afterlife phenomena do myths explain? . Folklore. . can be defined. …. . as all the traditions, customs, and stories that are passed along by word of mouth in a culture.. “Folk” . means. …. . ordinary people. a. nd. . “lore” . From http://members.bib-arch.org. Natural Elements. Explanation: Elements found in nature are often used symbolically in myths.. From http://minhquach94.deviantart.com/art/Piece-11-Symbols-of-Nature. Myths & Legends. Myths & legends. Legends in their own minds. myths & legends. Hey, I heard a rumor that the national championship uniform is changing from khaki pants to black pants (and black shoes and socks), not true, right?. Necessities. Myths use metaphor to explain higher concepts.. Many of the stories of mystical monsters were merely representations of the fear conquered.. Metaphors need to fit their culture.. Metaphors should be universally acknowledged images. Or at least, universal to your people.. From http://members.bib-arch.org. Natural Elements. Explanation: Elements found in nature are often used symbolically in myths.. From http://minhquach94.deviantart.com/art/Piece-11-Symbols-of-Nature. . ancient. . answers. on . the. . . creation. of the World. . Ancient Cosmology:.