Maya Creation Myth Summary

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Outline Format for Myth Research Paper, Spring, 1012 I. Myth Summaries A. An important event in the “Rabbit and the Ram” is when the rabbit first meets the ram tangled in the bean patch and decides to help him out. This event shows how the ram is more careless than the rabbit. The rabbit is an important character because he represents a giving person, while the ram represents the careless person. The significance of this story would be that people shouldn’t be so careless. We all have boundaries that need to be followed if not there will be consequences. (Welker Glenn) B. An important event in “The Jaguar and the Deer” is when the jaguar and the deer first find out they have been helping each other build the same home and still…show more content…
An important event in the “Maya Creation Myth” would be when the humans made of flesh help give warmth to the man made of gold. As well as when the gods decide that they rich couldn’t go to heaven without the poor. The important characters would be the gods because they represent nature; everything is reproduced to perfection except for some. The significance of this story is that we all need to treat others equally because that is what the “gods” intended for us to do. (“Maya Creation Myth”) D. An important event in “The Coyote and The Hen” is when the coyote lies to the hen saying that a treaty has been signed so they could be friends. The Hen agrees to his lies and lies herself by saying a dog was coming to make peace as well, which scared the coyote away. The important characters would be the coyote and hen because the represent people who take chances. They both took a chance at lying and only one succeeded. The significance of this story is that life is full of chances but that doesn’t mean they are all worth taking. (“The Coyote and the…show more content…
In the Maya Creation myth it is seen when the humans of flesh help the man of gold gain warmth. The see the man of gold as a human of equal importance. After all, the man of gold can not go to heaven with out the men of flesh. (“Maya Creation Myth”) 3. In “How the king of birds was chosen” it is seen when all the other birds find the roadrunner featherless and offer him their feathers. They lend a hand to roadrunner knowing he has just been taken advantage of. (“How the King of Birds was Chosen”) B. Others are put in your life to give it a meaning 1. The jaguar and deer keep helping to build the house even though they don’t know who has been helping them out. Once they find out, they are thankful for each others help and they decide to live together as a sign of gratefulness. (“The Jaguar and the Deer”) 2. After the coyote tells the hen that a treaty has been signed therefore she could come down the tree, the hen lies to the coyote aiming to teach him a lesson. A good liar doesn’t believe. (“The Coyote and the Hen”) 3. The rabbit gives advice to the ram on how to “pass water” to help him avoid the animals under him. The ram being the stubborn ram he is, doesn’t listen carefully and ends up falling down to the grown. (“The Rabbit and the Ram”) C. Taking
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