Anthropology

Anthropology A myth is a traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes. Creation myths often explain the natural world of a people by illustrating their psychology, customs, and traditions. The three myths learned in class where Yanamano, Ancient Hebrew, and the Maya. The Yanamano lived in the rain forest. They believed the cosmos was made up of four layers. The top was empty. The second layer was the visible sky. The third was Earth, all of which was a huge jungle of villages. The fourth layer was only one village, inhabited by spirits who travel to Earth to eat souls of children. The God’s and layers all occurred at the same time. There were several Gods in fact, and each with their own purpose. The creation myth then was that a spirit came down to eat children, and two others shot and wounded him. His blood from the wound fell to Earth and made Yanamano men. Then, these men became pregnant, in their legs no less, and from the legs where born men and women. Fortunately for the children, the first, people, made, mya, earth, very, two, organisms, one, new, hypothesis, genes, gene, each, chromosomes, because, alleles, years, time, through, same, myth, important, hundred, genetic, five, different, creation, change, bya, being, became, water, three, species