Reader Response to Popol Vu

Popol Vu was intersting to read and even more interesting to analyze. This creation myth covered the usual things such as creation of the earth animals and humans, the plans and designs of the gods, and so on. What was interesting was the emphasis on communication and it's medias. The humans were made to praise the gods and to remember them. To remember them is was the duty of people to record on written word their stories. This emphasis on knowing history and recording it, even from the beginning of time is a very forward thinking viewpoint. In the Biblical creation story, there is emphasis on obedience. Mankind obeys God, Animals obey man. When this hierarchy is disrupted (Eve obeys the serpent and disobeys God) then punishment is delivered. Adam and Eve are cast out of the Garden, and the serpent is forced to slither on it's belly. In the Mayan story, this idea of obeying the will of the gods is found as well. When the wooden men forget their creators, the entire world attacks them. The pets, the pottery, the utensils, the trees, and even the houses. The similarities are as striking as their differences