Mythology Can Change One
Mythology Can Change One
mythology was the key in explaining the existence of the world they lived in.
I therefore assumed that suffering and imperfection were present from the
beginning.
It is in the nature of humans to wonder about the unknown and search for answers.
At the foundation of nearly every culture is a creation myth that explains how the
wonders of the earth came to be. These myths have an immense influence on
people's frame of reference. They influence the way people think about the world
and their place in relation to their surroundings. Despite being separated by
numerous geographical barriers many cultures have developed creation myths with
the same basic elements.
https://www.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/myths.html
Creation myths are of central importance for the valuation of the world, for the orientation of
humans in the universe, and for the basic patterns of life and culture
Hume observed that without an idea of cause and effect, we would be utterly
incapable of making sense of the world around us. The problem, however, is that
all we observe is one darn thing after another: we never actually see one thing
causing something else. Nor do we have sound rational reasons for leaping from
observations of regularity to the conclusion that two things are linked by some
necessary connection.
Creation myths are one of the most highly valued myths because the myth itself gives
purpose to its culture’s existence through its interpretation of the specific creation of
human beings.
By interpreting and analyzing creation myths, we provide ourselves with a window into
the driving forces of that culture’s members, as well as a viewpoint on how individuals
and society may have viewed their connection to their god(s). In these creation myths,
the elements of how, when, and why men and women are created serve as the basis for
revealing the specific relationship a culture holds with its god(s). They also provide
insights into other relationships.
Myths and mythology express a culture’s worldview: that is, a people’s conceptions
and assumptions about humankind’s place in nature and the universe, and the limits
and workings of the natural and spiritual world.
It is by comparing themselves to nature around them that human beings can note their
natural connection to the animal world, with which they share most of their vital functions.
Yet they realize, at the same time, they are unique and emerging over the rest of the natural
world. Human beings are the subject of a specific phenomenology which belongs to them
only, and whose origin raises crucial questions when considered in the context of their
habitat, of the entire planet Earth, and in the larger scenario of the physical universe. From
the phenomenological point of view, the uniqueness and the emergence of the human race
become visible in many ways. Think of the capacity humans have to adapt their habitat to
themselves, according to specific intentions and projects, and to adapt themselves to it in
the most convenient way; their language, which allows them to communicate through
universal and symbolic forms of communication, and develop abstract thought despite the
concreteness and the immediateness of their instinctive life; their capacity to understand the
natural world, whose behavior they are able to predict and transform according to their
needs; their restless search for further knowledge and deliberate targets, which gives rise to
their history. Yet the uniqueness of human beings emerges clearly from their capacity to
produce culture and, especially, from their religious dimension, which has led them to
wonder about the meaning of their existence, the freedom and morality of their actions, the
beginning and the end of all things.
PERSONIFICATION TYPE
ALWAYS GET MARRIED EVEN THO THER SIBLINGS WTF
THE NATURE WAS THEIR GOD
NAHUGOT ANG HUMAN KIND THROUGH NATURE
BELIEFS ARE CHILDSH, SUPERSTITIOUS, AND
IMAGINATIAVE
Our quest for knowledge is insatiable and immutable.
This they believed to be the mental states of the human psyche. The mind, they
argued has different qualities or characteristics, which are responsible for our
feelings, thoughts, and ultimately our behavior. In order to survive, human beings
developed ways of coping with environmental stresses.
Myth constitutes the original symbolic form by framing human experience as a way
of coming to terms with the mysteries of life.
in need for making order out of chaos and using the imagination (something unique
to humans) as a way to solve problems. Telling stories about where we come from
is a great example of our need to rationalize, categorize and
understand. Brenneman notes, “Our self-awareness allowed us to create a symbolic
world in order to pass on information, ideas and mythology. We began to create a
world around us to symbolize what has existed within.”
DIFFERENTATION.
Differentiation refers to the forming of distinct things out of what was once a
formless unity.
DUALITY. Dualism, or tension between opposing forces, is an underlying theme of
many creation stories, especially those that revolve around conflict.
SACRIFICE. This theme refers to the idea that life is born out of death.
Edith Hamilton notes, “Sacrifices recur throughout the Greek myths, not just
because physical sacrifice was significant in ancient Greek
societies. Antigone stands as the best example, for she sacrifices herself in
order to bury her brother.”
Sacrifice infers that in order for the world to come together and make order
out of chaos, there must be sacrifice.
It needs to be mentioned that there are many other themes common to
creation mythology such as heroes, love, faith, and fate.
consanguinamory
land emerging from an infinite and timeless ocean; or creation out of nothing.
Creation through emergence
It evokes knowledges coming together. There is power and knowledge with two waters mixing…
gänma has to be actually be two ways. Western knowledges too need to learn… people are not
separated from nature. The earth is not separated from the sky. Songs and stories are not separated from
people and objects. All these things exist as part of one another and come into being together… [as Lalak
Burarrwanga explains] …you have to start from the place—whoever, whatever clan you are you start from
your own land. And then you sing what’s there in the land
https://www.britannica.com/topic/creation-myth/Creation-by-world-parents#ref33940
The creativity of the first Filipino embodies was manifested by creation myths.