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Origin Myth Compare and Contrast
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Origin Myth Compare and Contrast
Rennie Jones
02/24/2023
Greek Origin
730-700 BCE
Greek
Gaia (Earth goddess) formed from chaos and gave birth to Uranus (the sky).they became the first husband and wife. They birthed monsters; creatures with 100 arms and cyclops. Fearing them, Uranus hid them deep within Earth. Gaia felt sad since she loved her kids and plotted to destroy her husband. When Uranus was resting, Gaia had one of their sons, Kronos, come out and kill him. Kronos ate his kids out of fear and so his wife and mother hid one of his kids (Zeus) on Crete. When he was grown, he brought an army of Gaia's monsters and other gods to overthrow Kronos. In the process, the golden men that were created were killed. Zeus freed his siblings and married Hera and built Olympus where he ruled everything. he then had other kids and soon the world was full of gods, so Zeus created a second type of man from silver, but they were foolish and dangerous, so they were hidden in the underworld. Then he created bronze men, but they were too aggressive and killed each other, so Zeus hid them. Next, there were a race of heroes that are the subjects of many myths,
and they gave birth to us, the iron age.
Questions
1)What does the myth explain for the culutre? The myth explains the five stages of man and how to gods came to be. As well as how the gods dealt and created each stage of man.
2)How are humans portayed in this myth? Humans are portrayed in multiple ways. In the golden ages, humans acted like gods. In the silver age people aged for 100 years and then died, and they never honored the gods. The bronze age was warlike and agrerssive, the heroes are the main characters of stories and myths told today, and then the iron age are humans now.
3) What does the myth show about the cultural values? The myth shows that humans decended from states of innocence to evil, other than the heroes, and that humans must honor the gods whilst trying their best to be good.
Questions
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Kronos suceecceding his father, Uranus
Mali/Fulani Origin
Around 4977 BCE
Mali/Fulani
At first, there was a big drop of milk. Then Doondari (God) came and created stone, which created iron, which create fire, which created water, which created air. He came again and took the elements and formed man out of them. However, man became too proud so Doondari created blindness to over come man's pride, and sleep to overcome blindness' pride, and worry to overcome sleep's pride, and death to overcome worry's pride. After this, Doondari came down for a third time and became Gueno (the eternal one) to defeat death.
Questions
1)What does this myth explain for the culture? This myth explains why the Fulani people rely and worship their cattle show much They are mostly known for living off of cattle by drinking their milk, eating their meat, and using the body for clothes, tools, etc.
2)How are humans portrayed in this myth? Humans are protrayed as prideful and needed to be put in their place. Not particularlly bad, but there was the need for them to be humbled.
3)How was this myth seem to have impacted the culture? It seems to have impactacted the orginial Fulani people's priorities. They were pastoral people, and thier lives and/or organization were led by the needs of their herds.
Questions
Symbol used for Doondari (right)
Drop of milk used to create the world (below)
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Differences
- In the Fulani myth, there was only one God, Doondari (monothestic). He created everything. Whereas in Greek mythology, Zeus was the sole leader, but there were many different gods and goddesses to help (polythestic).
- Greek mythology states that there were multiple attempts at mankind and them worshipping the gods. Out of these attempts, only two have survived (the Heros and Iron Age [now]). However in Fulani mythology, Doondari only created one set of man, and just brought on troubles to keep them humble and worshipping.
Differences
Similarities
- Both myths deal with someone or something becoming too prideful or powerful, and having to be otherthrown. Uranus and Kronus in Greek mythology, and man, blindness, sleep, worry, and death is Fulani mythology.
- The final sucessor became the 'God' or 'Pantheon' since then. Doondari became the enteral one (Gueno) and defeated death, and stayed on Earth in the Fulani myth. In the Greek myth, Zeus became the Greek God Pantheon and helped guide.