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A story that explains world origins, human identity, social taboos, and the legal order of a society.
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creation myth
A story that explains world origins, human identity, social taboos, and the legal order of a society.
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Jiang reads the Mayan creation story as a claim that humans are made from corn and exist to serve the gods who created them.
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Jiang argues that creation myths explain not only how the world formed and where people come from, but also the legal structure and taboos needed for society to function.
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"demons okay and the aztecs will take this story no turn it into the basis of their religious ritual okay all right uh this..."
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"your walk good behold now therefore and see that which is beneath the sky are not the mountains clear do you not see the..."
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"earth we thank you therefore that we were created that we were given flame and shape we became because of you our grandmother and..."
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"...forest, and animals. Okay? So, this is what we call a creation myth. And every single civilization, every single people have a creation myth...."
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"...to function? You need rules and laws, right? So, what this creation myth is doing, what all creation myths is doing is explaining to..."
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"...again, this is very similar to the Enuma Elish, the Babylonian creation myth, where the god Murah creates humans so that the gods wouldn't..."
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For most of human history, Jiang argues, humans were peaceful, egalitarian, and artistic because the forest, animals, ancestors, and spirit world were not scenery.
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