The Ancient Greek And The Post-Classic Period

When people first hear of the term mythology, he or she normally will associate the word with the Greeks or the Romans because of the well-known myth and specifically the gods and goddesses. For instance, movies like Hercules, Clash of the Titians, 300, and the Percy Jackson and the Olympian are renowned films that people love and since people know this films, they tend to know general information about the background of the Romans and Greek mythology. Furthermore, the planets and days of the week are named after Roman and Greek gods and goddesses. The ancient people worshipped many of these and linked their divine deities with the planets and days and each is named after an individual god or goddesses, except for earth. Moreover, although

The Archaic Period was between 7000- 2000 BCE and it was when the Mayans people first started to cultivate crops and domesticate animals. All around the world there was a change in the climate and so people started to hunt smaller animals and rely more on crops; so, they began to cultivate crops like maize, beans, and other vegetables. Animals that were domesticated were dogs and turkeys because unlike in the Old World, animals like the horse, donkey, camel, sheep, cow, and chickens were not yet domesticated in Central America. Also, the first villages were started to be form as well as sacred spots and temples that were dedicated to their various gods. Next in the Pre-Classic Period, also known as the Olmec Period, occurred in 1500- 200 BCE. During this period, the oldest culture in Mesoamerica was thriving, the Olmecs. Similarly, like the Mayans, it is unknown where thy came from nor what happened to them, but they did lay the foundation for the future civilizations in Mesoamerica. They had settled in the Gulf of Mexico and build cities made of stone and brick. The Olmecs ruins were vast buildings that left the idea that the land was once colonized by giants. The third period was the Classic Period, or the Tajin Period. It took place in 250 CE- 400 CE. In this period the population of the Mayans numbered in the millions. The name “El Tajin” denotes to the complex city located in the Gulf of Mexico, which is documented as one of

The Popol Vuh contains the myth of The Creation of People. The story starts with the description of the world. At the beginning, there was nothing, except the ocean and the sky. There was no sound, animals, light, land or humans, only the creators. They lived hidden by layers of blue and green feathers in the sea surrounded by light. The first creators were Tepeu and Gucumatz. They were wise and it was how the sky and the name of god existed. The next entity created was the word itself. Tepeu and Gucumatz came together in the darkness and spoke to each other bringing their word and thoughts together. They deliberated about life and light and how they should bring dawn because, since they lived in darkness, dawn would provide food and substance, they announced “Let it be done. Let the empty space be filled. Let the waters pull back and make a space. Let the solid earth appear. Let it be done” (Powell 406). As they spoke the earth was created. The mountains came out of the sea, also forming the valley. Pine trees grew and the streams of water ran through the land. The following was small animals of the forest, protectors of the forest, and protectors of the bush. The creators did not want silence, so the chirping birds were made and the deer to walk on the forest floor. The homes of the birds and deer were made right away and the animals were given the