The Creation Stories: Genesis Vs. Popol Vuh

In the society today, there are mysterious stories that awakens in the people the inquisitive urge to discover the truth. Many of these stories date back hundreds of years. Most people do not think about how long ago it was because, as the mysterious stories become modernized with the time, so does the story itself. Some of the most known mysterious stories are creation stories. Creation stories have been told for generations, are from different cultures, and show remarkable similarities reflecting beliefs and values common to all people. Such stories however, may differ in many ways, revealing a lot of differences between cultures. Among the creation stories, the most popular ones are Genesis and Popol Vuh. These two stories share a lot of

Before anything was created, it was total darkness upon the deep. Then the text stated that, "In the beginning God created the heaven, and the earth." Since the heaven and the earth were created first, this meant that there was nothing formed before then. Once these were created, God then said "Let there be light." He used the light to divide the darkness to create night and day. Next, God declared "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide waters from waters." After that, God created dry land, grass, fruit trees, the sky, stars, and living creatures including humans. On the seventh day God ended his work, and

In Popol Vuh, there was not one animal, bird, fish, crab, tree, rock, hollow, canyon, meadow, or forest. Only the sky was there, and the face of the earth was unclear. Contrary to what partook in Genesis where there was one God, there were multiple gods who created the earth. They collaborated to create the generation of vegetation, the growth of life, and humankind. Once this had happened, they started asking questions because they realized that the water should be emptied out for the formation of earth 's plate and platform. After this came the sowing, and the dawn of the sky-earth. In between all of this, they came to a mutual agreement and proclaimed "There will be no high days, and no bright praise for our work, our design, until the rise of human work, and the human design." When this took place the earth arose because their words had brought it forth. The earth was formed first, then the mountain plain separated the channels of water. The branches wounded their ways among the mountains. Following this, the gods began to plan the animals. They created all sorts of animals, with different shapes and sizes. Shortly after they had finished, they then began to experiment with human