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Creation Myths

Creation Myths. Why do we study them?. Quickwrite & think/pair/share. 1. What creation stories do you know? Make a list. 2. Who makes humans in these stories and how? 3. What purposes do the gods/God serve? Make a list. Creation stories and epics offer a unique window into the past.

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Creation Myths

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  1. Creation Myths Why do we study them?

  2. Quickwrite& think/pair/share • 1. What creation stories do you know? Make a list. • 2. Who makes humans in these stories and how? • 3. What purposes do the gods/God serve? Make a list.

  3. Creation stories and epics offer a unique window into the past. • They inform us as a form of evidence • Make us wonder how important they were to the culture itself • They provoke questions like: • Were they important once and not so important later? • Have the stories changed over time and translation? • What do these possible changes indicate? • What effect did an oral tradition have on their accuracy?

  4. How do we judge their importance? • Do we base our judgment on what is important to us? • What if their religious beliefs, or cosmologies are not something we believe in, then what? • Should we look for ties between the past and the present? What would we gain with that understanding?

  5. Quickwrite& think/pair/share • 1. What creation stories do you know? Make a list. • 2. What purposes do they serve?

  6. Creation Stories exist because: • They have helped to explain the universe • Developed a meaning for human existence • Often outlived their culture • Offer a basis for understanding the roles and rules of a civilization • Group identities, social relationships, definitions of ethics, gender roles, and class hierarchies

  7. Quickwrite& think/pair/share • 2. How are people made in these stories?

  8. Quickwrite& think/pair/share • 3. What purposes/roles do the gods have in these stories?

  9. Where else do we unlock the key to earlier civilizations? Literature exists in monumental inscriptions Royal Decrees Treatises Songs Prayers and hymns Guides for departing souls

  10. Let’s examine the story of Marduk

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