The myth I chose for this week’s assignment tells the story of Mayan creation. This myth comes from an ancient Mayan book, The Popol Vuh, which according to Ancient Origins website “is the corpus of mythological and historical narratives, including the creation story according to the Quiché-Maya people” ("Popol Vuh: The Sacred Narrative Of Maya Creation"). Additionally, Ancient History Encyclopedia states, the Popol Vuh “has been referred to as the Mayan Bible” (Mark, Joshua). The book details the story of two God’s, Tepeu, the maker and Gucumatz, the blue and green feathered spirit. It exclaims that the two God’s came together to build the world by utilizing only their thoughts, simply put they could merely think it and it would come to
