Old Man and the Beginning of the World


This is a story about an old man beginning the world. Old man came from the south, he made the mountains while he was in the mountains he made a antelope out of dirt mountains weren’t the place for it the prairie. While he was making the prairies he made the bighorn sheep, the mountains were better for this animal and he made the forest as he passed along. He also made the birds and the animals; traveling northward he made the rivers and crossed them. He made the people to he started with a women and a child and formed them both out of clay it took four days for the women and child to form into human. As he went along with them he taught them how to hunt, make weapons, dishes and taught them that raw food would make them sick so he taught them how to cook. That’s the Indian version of how the world became.

“Old Man and the Beginning of the World”. 1196. 6 November 2008.

Definitions

A myth is something that can’t be proven to be true or false. It can also describe of stories of Gods and Goddesses
Zeus is a god in Greek mythology that was known as the ruler of the Gods

A hero is the founder of something new.
Hercules is known as one of the most popular heroes in Greek mythology

The hero journey is the road of trials, battles, and obstacles that the hero endures such as the final battle, companions, boon, death/rebirth.
In the journey of Hercules, he went through many obstacles such as the gates of hades.

Being universal is being representative of every man.
Hercules’s story is very universal because of all his major flaws such as being stupid and carless

An archetype is being knows as an original.
Zeus has a very archetype character

A cyclical cycle is a never ending repeating cycle.
The Hero journey is very cyclical

A duality is a quality of two opposites existing in one whole thing.
Yin and Yang is a duality because it represents light and dark

A Creation is an original idea, invention, or start of something new.
Ra appeared out of primeval chaos, and made the earth.

Cosmology is the study of the universe and its creation.
Someone who study and explore the studies of the universe is know as a cosmologist

Life form death could be described as a sacrifice of one for many.
Like Tiamet sacrificing herself for her children

A matriarchal society is one of female power or authority.
The matriarchal society is an example of mother earth

Patriarchal is a society that is the power of a male ruler.
Zeus was a ruler of the gods and goddess of a patriarchal society.