Sarah Sumrall, Brian Dill, Robin Burkhalter, Kayla Williams
Our group chose the Japanese Creation Myth:
1) Explain how life began. Heaven and Earth were not divided. Then a reed grew out of the ocean of chaos. This reed became the eternal land ruler, Kunitokotachi. He created a female Goddess, Izanami, and a male God, Izanagi. Together, they stood on the floating bridge of Heaven and stirred the ocean of chaos with a jeweled spear. It curdled and created the first island, Onokoro. Izanami gave birth to eight islands of Japan.
2) Explain why things are the way they are in nature.
Izanagi through down his comb and it turned into Bamboo shoots.
3)Establish a belief in a higher power.
They believe in Izanagi, Izanami, Kunitokotatchi, and Ebisu.
4) Establish a moral code of conduct.
5) Provide a sense of purpose and order of life.
Izanagi said that every day one thousand five hundred babies will be born.
Compare and Contrast to Christianity:
1) There is belief in a higher power.
2) Christians believe in one creator; Japanese believe in multiple creators.
3) Japanese believe their Gods created only Japan; whereas, Christians believe their God created the world.
4) In both, the Gods' children were a major part in their belief.
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7 comments:
I think that group four did farely well on the Japenese creation story. It was short and sweet. A little more could have been added to make it more interesting and explain about it more. All in all, it was okay.
I like group 4's choice of a creation story, because i have never heard it before. This story makes you think about all the different islands in the ocean, and how they were created.
I liked this creaton story because it is so unusual and I've not heard of it before. I would like to read more on this one.
i liked the creation story picked by group 4 because it sounds like a good movie some day.
In response to Krista Walley's comment: Thanks for the input. Try to be a little longer next time!
Group 4 did a great job with their story. It shows the ultimate diversity among the creations.
I think that your group did a really good job. it is amazing how all these stories are similar but they are just from different areas of the world.
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