Stephanie Wallace: Tepeu And Gucumatz

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The New Land discovers the wonders of myths and gods in regards to the Inuit and Mayan culture. The Inuits had a myth they believed called the Raven. The Raven was about how the Earth and humans were created. It was believed that the humans were born from pea-pods that raven had deposited in the ground.”He had made the pea plant himself without any idea that something like this would happen.” The Mayans believed that there was two gods that helped form Earth : Tepeu and Gucumatz. The two gods wanted a place where they would be worshipped, so they thought of Earth. Once the Earth was formed, they created different species of men that they wanted to be worshipped by . None of their creations turned out the way they wanted too, until the last …show more content…

He provided his people with enough supplies to survive. The two gods: Tepeu and Gucumatz, were viewed as cruel and fierce towards their creations.In the story the gods created many different versions of men. They would create them then destroy them if they did not fulfill their idell dreams of their perfect
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Stephanie Wallace: human. This caused most of their humankind to dislike them because they destroyed their world and took away the knowledge they gave them. Their role in this culture was like a dictatorship , they wanted things to go their way, which caused many humans to suffer from.William Bradford was the first person to write about thanksgiving with the Indians in the new world. He was one of the only one’s to write about this event which made a great impact to us knowing the knowledge of this favorite holiday: Thanksgiving. The puritans represented the poor society and how they rose up to fame, not in their time but a few hundred years later their work showed positivity in the light of negativity. In both Edward’s and Ann’s poems they show a great respect for God and in the belief of heaven. This

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