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Popol Vuh Research Paper

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The myth from the Popol-Vuh demonstrates how the Mayans believed that humans’ existence were created to serve and worship the divine being, God, who created them with inhumane powers from and outside world looking down upon the world he created. A prominent theme throughout this myth is God’s wish to create men that will love and serve him. God claims that, “I need men on earth who will know My names, who will obey Me and love Me; and that will nourish and sustain Me” (Leeming, 61). Because this was stated by the being that was believed to be the creator of this world, the Mayans had the belief that they were created to be on Earth in order to serve God. The other beings before men, such as the men of wood and mud were destroyed by God because they did not remember God or obeyed his wishes; therefore, these beings had no purpose on Earth and were rid of. The Mayan’s belief of having to serve God, which stems from this myth, ignites their worship of God’s existence as an almighty divine being and does what they believe to please Him. …show more content…

The worldview interpreted from this myth differs from the Mayans’ because it is not based on theory and there is no existence of a divine being. Referring to the big explosion which created the origin of the universe, Thomas states, “The material of your body and the material of my body… are caught up in a single energetic event” (42). Based on this quote, one can infer that this statement was derived from observations and research which lead to a specific conclusion of the origin of the universe. Instead of obeying the power and status of a divine being as the Mayans did, this modern myth signifies the freedom and advancement of humans who can stand up and challenge the existence of a god based on the learning from physical evidence and scientific

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