PPT-Creation Myths

Folklore Myths and Legends A World Perspective Mrs Kercher Africa The Creation of Human Beings Possible Interpretations Appealing aspects Thoughtfulness of how humans are created The importance of music singing and dancing. 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.. God and Creation. © . 2011 . David W. . Opderbeck. Licensed Under Creative Commons Attribution / Share-Alike. Telos. Does creation have a goal or purpose (a . telos. )?. If God knew or could have known that evil, sin and suffering would corrupt creation, why did He create?. 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 . 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” . DO NOW: DISCUSS AT LEAST TWO PURPOSES THAT MYTHS SERVED FOR ANCIENT CULTURES SUCH AS THE GREEKS AND ROMANS.. Words of the Day. Amorphous-(adjective) shapeless; formless (The painting was an amorphous blotch of colors.). 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. 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. A comprehensive collection of creation stories ranging across widely varying times and cultures, including Ancient Egyptian, African, and Native American. Marcelo Gleiser refutes the notion that science and spirituality are irreconcilable. In The Dancing Universe, he traces mystical, philosophical, and scientific ideas about the cosmos through the past twenty-five centuries, from the ancient creation myths of numerous cultures to contemporary theories about an ever-expanding universe. He also explores the lives and ideas of history’s greatest scientists, including Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, and Einstein. By exploring how scientists have unlocked the secrets of gravity, matter, time, and space, Gleiser offers fresh perspective on the debate between science and faith. . ancient. . answers. on . the. . . creation. of the World. . Ancient Cosmology:.