The Three Myths

Today I read three creation myth's based on the belief's of very different cultures. These were the Koreans, the Greeks, and the Mayas. Each of them had a touch of uniqueness, distinguishing them from one another. The Korean myth was very interesting because in the beginning of the myth, a Heavenly Prince asks his father for the "beautiful" peninsula of Korea. This is surprising to me because out of all the places on earth this prince could have chosen from, he picked the peninsula of Korea, and it had to be for a reason. This brings me to a concept that every culture's creation myth is written or explained as if that culture was the only one in their creator's mind. The same hapens with the Mayan myth, where two all powerfull beings imagine whatever they wanted to create. The story tells us how the gods made the Mayan's earth, mountains, trees, and finally, after several attempts, the actual Mayans. The Greek myth wasn't any different. This culture tells us how the three most powerful gods, divided the earth into three parts, Zues being the god of gods, Poseidon being the god of the oceans, and Hades being the god of the underworld. Again, I state my point that every myth was written with the conscience that they were the perfect, or ideal civilization according to the gods they believed in.