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Nicholas KlcoIntro to Humanities: CRR 1510/08/12Creation MythsPart 1:Eskimo Creation Myth1.) Describe the Eskimo creation myth.2.) The beginning of time3.) EskimosYauelmani Yokuts’ Beginning of the world1.) Describe the Yaulemani Yokuts’ creation Myth.2.) The beginning of time3.) Yauelmani YokutsZuni Genesis1.) Describe the Zuni Indians’ Creation Myth.2.) The beginning of time3.) Zuni IndiansOmaha Creation Myth1.) Describe the Omaha Creation Myth.2.) The beginning of time3.) Omaha IndiansPawnee Creation Myth1.) Describe the Pawnee creation myth.2.) The beginning of time3.) Pawnee IndiansThe Anger of the Chief of the Below World1.) Describe an event in the history of the Klamath Indians (the creation of Crater Lake).2.) Orally since 7675 years ago, written in 18653.) Klamath IndiansPolynesian Theogony and Cosmogony1.) Describe the Polynesian Creation myth.2.) The beginning of time.3.) PolynesiansAn African Story of the Creation of man1.) Describe the Shilluck creation myth.2.) The beginning of time3.) Shilluck and Nilotic peopleAn African Cosmogony1.) Describe the Boshongo creation myth.2.) The beginning of time3.) Boshongo, and other Bantu Tribes.Part:2The Anger of the Chief of the below world is not a creation myth, but an interesting myth about spirits. It’s a look at how myth may sometimes stem from the reality of our ancestors past, a past that we can prove part of through scientific fact. The Klamath people were from Oregon, and in 1865 a soldier wrote a story told by the Klamaths’ ancestors for generation. 7675 years ago a cataclysmic volcano blew up mount Mazama, and the Klamath had an interesting version of the event. In their ancient world, further than we can count, there was spirits of the water, earth, sky, and mountains who were friendly to the already present Klamath. The Below World Chief fell in love with a beautiful Klamath Princess Loha, and she didn’t love him back. The Below World Chief tried to take vengeance and spews his fire down the mountain side. There is a battle with the Above World Chief and all the spirits join in. The Klamath send two Shamans to try and calm the Spirits and they jump into the Volcano or “battle” the Above World Chief see’s their sacrifice and Mt. Mazama collapses onto itself. Rain fell for years and filled the crater, Crater Lake. Until 1865 when the Klamath told the story their people were told not to look upon Crater Lake for it means, “Death or everlasting sorrow (Klamath 830)”, and that’s why their people never visited the beautiful fertile lake. An African Story of the Creation of Man told by the Shilluck people, doesn’t start at the beginning either. Unlike the Klamath creation myth there is a god, named Juok, who creates man. While wandering the earth, He creates white men from sand, brown and red men from the mud of the Nile, and lastly he came to the Shilluck land, where he created black men. Unlike the Klamath myth Juok, made people from the things he saw in his travels. He gave them legs, from the flamingo, arms one to hoe while the other was weeding, eyes to see his crops and a mouth to eat them, a tongue for talking and singing, and ears for hearing those songs.Like the Shilluck story the Eskimo Raven god also uses the things he’s seen from his travels to help man. The Raven created man from a vine by accident unlike the Shilluck tale. The man burst out of plant from the sea and waits four days. The Raven comes, tells him the water is good to drink and takes him to high ground. The Raven changes from a manlike figure into a Raven by pulling a mask over his face, unlike the other Shilluck story where there is no description of their god, and the Klamath who’s spirits inhabit human surroundings like the forest, sky, and even a volcano. The Raven doesn’t give people their shape like the Shilluck god gave humans, but the Raven does give humans seeds and berries. Similar to Juok, the Raven is concerned for how humans will eat. Unlike the other two myths, The Raven makes humans various animals and explains why they are the way they are, by using the creation story of each individual animal. The humans are happy to learn what’s good to eat and what’s just for decoration. Each tale is a story of why and how people live the way they do. The same thing my creation story’s, science and history, prove to me. Protecting my family (the Klamath), geologic explanations (the Klamath), hunting (the Eskimo), and farming (the Eskimo and Shilluck) are all things that essentially are explained by science and history of our culture. Though I may not think my legs are from a flamingo origin, or my arms are purely mad to plant and weed (Klamath) I do use biology to see why people walk, talk, and even have that ever powerful opposable thumb. In all these stories the root is to explain something. Knowledge is power, and what we know comes from history and predicting the future. All forms of myth may not be fact, but if only a portion of them can explain some of human history, isn’t it worth a look to see if we can expand our knowledge of human kind? So we can find out why and how we are the way we are. ................
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