Hi, need to submit a 1250 words paper on the topic Biblical Creation and Popol Vuh Creation Myths.

Hi, need to submit a 1250 words paper on the topic Biblical Creation and Popol Vuh Creation Myths. Mayan’s creation myth is enshrined in the Popol Vuh. In this story, the gods created animals and other creatures to praise them. However, the gods realized that animals and creatures could not do anything of value apart from eating. They decided to make a creature that was intellectual and could talk and reason. They first attempted to create humans using mud, but these humans talked senselessly and could easily be destroyed by water. This type of man was too weak to procreate or even walk. The gods abandoned this bunch due to their inability to praise and glorify them.

The gods tried again. They fashioned humans out of wood to make them strong and solid. These wooden beings were more human due to their physical appearance, their ability to talk and procreate. However, these wooden beings lacked emotions and did not recognize their creators. Due to their dense population on earth, the gods destroyed them using a heavy flood that swept them from all corners of the earth. In their final attempt at human creation, they used corn to mold the flesh. Blood was made from water while fat was acquired from grease. The perfect humans were created. This explains why Mayans considered corn to be very important. Despite talking and praising their creators, these humans were considered too smart by the gods. They perceived and understood all phenomena and this did not please the gods as they considered them a threat. They decided to cloud their abilities, taking away some knowledge and skills and adding flaws to make them imperfect.

In the Biblical account of creation, God created the heavens and earth in five days. On the sixth day, God created man in His image and on the seventh day He rested. He ordained the seventh day as the day of rest. The Biblical God was very powerful and only used words in the creation process. God realized that man was very lonely and decided to&nbsp.create a companion for him. He used one of his ribs to mold a woman. This explains why men have fewer ribs than women. He put the two into the Garden of Eden where He instructed them to eat fruits from all trees except the tree of knowledge.