NAME: Jayden Frankling
TITLE: The Magician
MYTH: There once was a man called Galith and a woman called viole. They were the only two mammals alive on ground but they didn’t know what the ground was they just walked, slept, sat and laid on this unknown surface. One day Viole gave birth to a child she had no idea that she was going to give birth it just happened galith was so surprised he went out to try and find someone to tell but he found nothing on the way back from his journey which to 2 years he found something he didn’t Know what it was so he took it back with him. When he showed viole she said it was an egg of some sort so they kept it over the next few weeks. They waited patiently for the egg to crack. It finally cracked a year later. They found that the egg belonged to a creature but they didn’t know what he creature was. Over the years they looked after the creature the boy played with it he gave it a place to sleep and everything. But one day the boy said some thing strange and suddenly a piece of food fell out the sky, he said something else and more food fell out the sky.
"I can feed now mother with my new skill” Cried the boy. The next day he said something and the sky when bright they thought they had gone blind but he had just created the sun. As the days went on he created millions of things rain, Lakes, the sea, ect. The Magician they called him till one day it was a sunny day they were hot and sweaty the boy was thinking of things he could create when he said something then the next thing there is a man walk towards the with no clothes on when he reached them he asked them were he was but they haven’t . The boy said “never mind were you are, Would you like some clothes?” ”What are clothes?” replied the man “things you wear" told the boy. So the boy whispered some thing again and from the sky came one t-shirt and one pair of trousers “thanks” said the kind man.
So as the years go on the boy created virtually everything people the was now buildings and sand, grass and other grounds. Before long it was time for the boy to be put to peace as he passed away after his last creation his own child witch he trusted to carry on his work with what ever they wanted he would create for them so soon every one was happy they had everything they wanted. The life of any animal or person was to be born grow reproduce and die and that’s what they all have done till this day and will carry on though to when the world ends. |
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NAME: Ariel Bunda
TITLE: The Greek Myth (rewritten)
MYTH: Back when the world was new planet eath was a vast empty space.
On this vast empty space were the first who inhabitted the world. These were GIGANTIC BEINGS called THE TITANS. They were the first generation gods that ruled the earth. the most powerful of them all was the great god and king of all that is Kronus, his sister Rhea was his wife. Together wiht his many brothers and sisters they ruled the entire universe. One night kronus dreamed of one of his sons will overthrow him as king and be the new ruler of the heavens. when Rhea gave birth to several children (boy or girl), Kronus would swallow each and every one of them. Making sure that he still has the power over the universe. Rhea gave birth to a boy the last of her children. She named him Zeus, Rhea was afraid that Zeus would be swallowed by Kronus. She made a plan instead of giving Kronus the baby, she gave him a stone wrapped in a cloth. kronus swallowed it thinking tha it was tha child. While that happened zeus was hidden and grew up to be strong and powerful.
The day came Kronus was afraid of. Zeus came to heaven and started fighting the titans. Wielding his thunderbolts each stuck down the titans. He freed his brothers and sisters tha was swallowed by Kronus. After the battle, Zeus overthrew his father and imprisoned THE TITANS in tartarus the abyss below the world. Zeus the new king of the gods together with his newly released brothers and sisters ruled the world. Zeus had each responsiblities for his bothers and sisters. together thay created the earth and the humans that inhabitted it and to worship the gods. Zeus was pleased for what he has made. the pantheon of gods now lived in mount olympus the highest peak in all of the world. |
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TITLE: Ulti & The Life Sphere
MYTH: In the beginning there was nothing, no earth, no planets, stars, nothing! There was only a great being called Ulti, meaning "The Ultimate One". Ulti was tired of being alone, with nothing to play with or someone to play with. So one day, Ulti decided to make a ball to play with. But this wasn't any ordinary ball. This ball was made from Ulti's life force. The ball was made of light also. The ball was very shiny, with big shapes of different bright colors in it. All the color of light revolved around one ball of color in the middle, which was bigger and brighter than all, this color was green. Ulti called the ball "The Life Sphere", because of all the lively colors and shapes in it, plus it was made out of Ulti's life force. Ulti loved this ball with al his heart. He played with it all the time, from when he woke up, to when he went back to sleep. Even when he went to sleep, he slept with it wrapped in his arms. Centuries went on and he kept doing the same thing. But the ball began to wear out, slowly getting weaker as time went on.
So one night when Ulti was sleeping, he had a nightmare. While having it, he began squeezing the ball. Harder and harder Ulti kept squeezing, until finally, BOOM!!! The ball burst open. When it did, all of the contents inside of it scattered everywhere. The bright white light broke into billions of pieces, which are now called stars. The shapes became planets, the big green light became Earth. When Ulti woke up he was saddened to not have his ball anymore, but when he saw what became of it, that sorrow quickly diminished and turned into excitement. With all that excitement also came curiosity. Ulti began to experiment with every planet, star, everything. Slowly he began to understand and figure out what was what and how did it function, also its purpose. Ulti was looking at the planet Neptune and saw his reflection. Then that's when the idea came to him, to make little replicas of him to live on these planets. He tried to put the first man on some of the planets but they wouldn't stay alive for more than 5 minutes. So he tried Earth, just realizing that was once the great green light that was in the center of the ball. He put his creation there and it worked. He then started to notice that his creation would be alone like he was, so he made a creation that was opposite of him, a woman. He loved to see that his creations began to get along so well and what he made is coming along good. But there wasn't any light. Ulti found a gigantic rock, bigger than all the other planets. He sensed it couldn't be a planet because he didn't ever see it in his ball. So he figured it was the light that was so bright in his ball. It was perfect for Earth, and Ulti cracked it opened by hit it with his fist. BLAM!!! The Sun was released; there was a bright, warm, shining light.
It began to get very, very hot, and Ulti heard his human’s screams in pain from the heat. So Ulti moved the Earth far from the light, but close enough for it to feel its warmness and have its light. He also decided to make it go away so they may sleep at night. But it was too dark, even with the stars lighting up the night. Ulti took a sun ray, and star and put them together. He created the Moon, or as he called it "Earth's Nightlight". Ulti was very satisfied at what he created. As time went on he began to create more. Making animals out of strange images he saw in his head, plants and trees for their food. The ocean when he cried about his ball. The heavens when he thought he should have a kingdom for his creations for when they pass and come join him. But all these things wouldn't be possible without Ulti and his Life Ball. |
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NAME: Karisha Martin
SCHOOL: New Design High School, NYC
MYTH: In the beginning there was a god named LAN and nothing but the sea, clouds and one fruit tree. One day LAN created a magical man from the water in the sea. The man loved to sit on top of the clouds and dream. One day the man got really mad at beening alone so he split the sea into half land and half sea. After finishing that he got back on his cloud and took one of his ribs out and threw it into one of the clouds. Out fell a woman. The first man and woman had many children and food to eat but the man thought they needed more. He took the gritty tan sand from the land and blew on it. After doing that many trees appeared. Whatever the family needed or wanted the man took the sand and blew on it. One day the man's oldest son was beening very rude and disrespectful to his parents. His name was mark. Mark tried to run away and end up hurting himself by tripping and falling on a rock. His parents ran after him to try and help. He was bleeding so badly on his leg. A few seconds later bugs and anmials stared coming out his legs. His parents were so scared and just sat there and watched because there was nothing they could do. It lasted about 10 minutes and that’s how animals and humans came about. |
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NAME: Tamara Ebanks
CITY: Brooklyn, New York
MYTH: In the beginning four gods roamed the heavens bored out of their minds they decided to create another world, so they can escape and have fun. The first god, Amora, the goddess of love, birth, and nature, decided to create humans, trees, and all other living things and put them on earth to rule them. The second god, Luna, the goddess of the moon and sun, created night and day along with the days of the week. The third god, Sea-Ara, the goddess of water created the oceans, seas,, rain,, hail,, snow,, and other bodies of water on earth and land. Last but definitely not least, Bella-Donna, the goddess of war, created hate, and death. One day their parents caught them creating another planet and other living beings without supervision or following protocol, and so they punished them for eternity. Because they were punished for eternity they couldn’t rule over earth anymore. So they had to leave the earth and the people on their own and let people rule by themselves. Before they left they made sure that they would not be forgotten. Amora made it so everyone would be able to love and every female would be able to give birth. Sea-Ara made sure that it would rain every once in awhile. Luna made sure that every 100 years the sun and the moon would come up at the same time causing an eclipse. And Bella-Donna made sure that everyone would feel pain,, sorrow,, and hate and that after a long while everyone would have to die. |
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NAME: Kellyann Concepcion
TITLE: How The World Was Created
MYTH: In the beginning there was all dirt and sand. There was nothing but one human being living. He was created out of big blue beetles with juicy red pulsing blood. He was sad and lonely and this is how the world came to be. One day he was so sad he started to cry. His name was Fransico Lupe. As his tear drop touched the sand it created an ocean. That’s how he found out he was powerful. He was a powerful god.
Then he wanted more people in his life so he wanted to create more humans. So Fransico Lupe collected bugs. The same bugs he was created from and he made males. Now he could communicate with other peoples. There’s plants already made, it was in the dirt. That’s what the humans ate for now to survive. They also drank the water from the ocean because they had no choice. They got sick of eating the same thing over and over again. So they called Fransico Lupe and he just touched the plants and all became food that we eat normally. Everyone was happy and thanked him.
The humans were tired of living in their little huts made out of branches because they kept falling apart. So once again Fransico Lupe was like let’s create buildings to live in and they all agreed. Then Francisco Lupe touches the branches with his powerful hands and all became into buildings for everyone. Plus since he is so powerful there was already furniture inside them. So now they had food, water and buildings! Now this earth is starting to look good. Before the ocean was made by Fransico Lupe there used to be sand and he was thinking he can have sand and an ocean to make a beach. Then he touched the muddy dirt, raised the dirt in the air and closed his eyes. When he opened his eyes the sand was there. It was a really nice beach now. The humans loved it. Fransico Lupe only made males and that was a problem. He wanted people to reproduce. So then he started making females the same way he made the males out of beetles. When that was done now people can make babies. So from there on the earth life was getting better. That’s how the earth was created. |
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MYTH: Long ago before there was life on Earth and before the actual Earth was created, there was nothing. Only stars from distant universes filled the lonely black sky. One day a black hole inflated which causes the big bang. The bang wasn’t actually an explosion, but yet an expansion which started our universe. The bang created planets and stars. Organisms and cells filled the new planted called “Earth”. They covered all parts of the new planet. As time past cells started dividing and dividing which lead to evolution. At years passed new creatures were being formed. These new animals started mating and created more species. Animals were being created in the water and on land. Animals started adapting to the new world, and realized that food was essential. Animals started to feed on each other for survival and spread around the world in search for food. Animals also spread out in search for the right area to start life. As time passed animals started evolving into different sizes and types. Dinosaurs were the first of the animals. They lived for millions of years and were wiped out by a viscous volcano eruption. Primates started to form on the earth. As the ice age approached, the primates started becoming more intelligent and taking new forms. When it arrived the former primates transformed into a more intelligent form called cavemen. They adapted to their environment fast. They lived in caves to keep bad weather out and they felt safe in an enclosed area. The hunted wooly mammoths and were hunted by saber tooth tigers. As the ice age was coming to an end the cavemen started to become more advanced. They started to fully transform into what humans now look like. The more they advanced the smarter they got. Eventually they stopped transforming and finally became what are now called humans. As soon as we reached our peek we started to create towns and cities. From there on we started to spread culture around the world and meet other humans in other parts of the world. A lot of regions were more diverse and advanced than others, but we learned from each other and took ideas from each other. From there on people watched the Earth grow and become more advanced. |
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NAME: Tim McCoy
MYTH: There was no time, there was only the void. The void was the nothingness, it was no coulor and everycolour. Eventually the void matter came together to form the Void Creature. It created to other beings to keep it company. They were Magic and Shadow. These two beings despised each other but decided to unite against a common enemy. The void creature was cruel and harsh, it did not care for the wants of its creations. So Magic and Shadow combined their powers and sealed themselves off from the void and their creator. Soon they realised that they would not be able to overcome their hate of each other and so created the Universe. This was were they could fight against each other without breaking the barrier between them and the Void.
They created Natural's who in turn created all of the other worlds and their inhabitants. The Naturals fought each other taking the side of Magic or shadow, locked in an eternal struggle. One of the Naturals was Earth and instead of creating a world for her creatures she became their world, wishing to create a place were all creatures could dwell in peace. Thus the Gods and Humans were born. Helios The Lord of light sought to destroy her creations and poisened the minds of humans. He gave them ambition, pride and hate. The human men went mad and began destroying all of Earth's buitiful creations. Earth was able to shelter the women and in the end they returned a measure of sanity to the world. But forevermore Earth was locked in a constant struggle with Ra the general of Helios armies, while Magic and Shadow watched over the battle waiting for one of them to gain the upper hand. |
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NAME: Jesse
MYTH: Long ago, there were two stars, and two stars only. One was named Mog and the other went by Nog. They were always fighting about something, whether it was shining too bright or taking up too much space! Nog was angry with Mog because Mog was hanging out with some space gas he had met at a bar a few weeks earlier. Stars had too stick together, especially when they were the only too stars. Nog really cared about Mog and was worried that he was hanging with the wrong group of gas.When Mog got home one day Nog was waiting for him, not too happy.
"Where have you been?" she said.
"Nowhere.." he replied looking guilty.
"What where you doing?" getting angrier.
Mog said nothing and ran out of that portion of space.What Nog didn't know was that Mog was planning a birthday party for Nogs 1627623rd birthday! The day came around and Nog was not happy. Mog was nowhere to be seen. Nog went for a float. She kept floating until Mog appeared out of nowhere holding a a little yellow box with a ribbon on it. It was the earth he had made with the space gas. |
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NAME: Hunter
MYTH: Long, long ago, before anything existed, there was the writhing darkness of uncontrolled energy, Yorku. It kept writhing until 2 areas of it split from the original Yorku and became the Sun and Moon, Suhri and Maharena. Pretty soon, Suhri and Maharena married, and their children were Eina, the Earth, Efar, the Sea, and Tsua, the Wind. Then, the Sun and Moon started arguing. Suhri wanted to shine over the Earth forever, but Maharena wanted to shine over it in the same way. They then kept fighting until poor Eina pleaded with them to stop. They then decided to create a cave, and in the day, Suhri would shine over it, while Maharena slept. Then, at night, Suhri take his turn sleeping in the cave, while Maharena shined on the Earth.
Suhri then decided that the world needed people, so he created a man from an elder tree in the Sun and Moon’s palace, while Maharena made a woman from oak. Their names were Tondori and Dimmna, and their children populated the world. Later, Suhri and Maharena together had 700 sons and 700 daughters, the male and female animals. Then, the gods and goddesses took Yorku and made the darkness of night with it. Unfortunately, one part of the dark split and divided into thousands of dark floating things, which became the world’s first shadows. Eina created a mate, Okenore, the Mist, and their sons and daughters were the plants of the Earth. Tsua created and married Miorhena, the Breeze, and their children were the Wave Riders, who, of course, made waves with the help of their father, the Wind. Not so very long after, Suhri grew weak from shining so brightly every day. So, in order to preserve his strength, for three months he would emit only enough heat to keep people and animals alive, while he and Maharena’s son, Vetur, god of snow, would control the earth. This became the season of winter. Then during one meeting of the gods, they decided that winter needed an opposite, like ying and yang, so they created summer.
The gods and goddesses created from Yorku provided all that was needed for the animals and humans to coexist in peace. Now it would be up to them to choose wisely. They granted humans free will to carve their own path in existence. Suhri and Maharena proudly watched over Earth their daughter. |
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NAME: Axel Kabeya
TITLE: Creation Myth
MYTH: First there was Ezekiel. Ezekiel was alone and started to cry. By doing this he created water. After his long period of sobbing, he sighed to himself and when he exhaled he created the moon, the sun, and all the creatures which kept him company. But Ezekiel wasn’t satisfied. He thought long and hard about how to make man, then he pulled a man from right out of his nose! The man would talk to Ezekiel and they were both happy. Over time Ezekiel could see that the man he had created was happy with all that he gave him but, like Ezekiel before he was very lonely and longing for a companion. So Ezekiel created a woman and pulled her right out of his nose! He named the pair Abraham and Belatrix. Ezekiel gave them animals, vegetables and fruits, but he told them never to eat the light blue berries because they were poisonous.
Ezekiel was making the food disappear day by day. He was testing Abraham and Belatrix to see if they would disobey him by eating the berries, which were not poisonous at all. Abraham and Belatrix were noticing the decrease in food but never dare thought about eating the berries. Soon the food was scarce and they were getting hungrier day by day. They had thought of a plan to see if the berries were really poisonous, they would motion the rabbit to go eat the berries for them. The rabbit not knowing that the berries were poisonous ate them. They waited ten minutes, but nothing happened. Ezekiel interrogated Abraham and Belatrix and wanted to know where the berries had gone. They told Ezekiel they commanded one of the rabbits to eat the berries and, nothing had happened to it when they were eaten. “I’ll tell you why I did that it is because I wanted to see if you would obey your creator or not? You did which I am pleased about and will restore all the luscious food I had taken away.
Continue on with your lives, reproduce, eat, sleep do anything you please but, remember I will always be watching you. “Oh by the way, I almost forgot” and with a snap of his finger Abraham and Belatrix looked at each other in shock and quickly went looking for leaves to cover their naked bodies with. Ezekiel had given them knowledge. Ezekiel let out a thunderous roar of laughter and drifted away to a peaceful place to relax. |
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NAME: Sophia Michener
TITLE: The Creation
MYTH: In the beginning, there was nothing, a great dark nothingness with no beginning and no end. Then there was a tiny spark of light. It grew and grew until it became Boh.
Boh was lonely so he wished for some company and from him sprang 50 gods and 50 goddesses. After floating around for ages, the 101 immortals wanted a place for themselves they could call home. Zeerki, the god of light and heat, decided to fashion bright luminous homes for the gods. With the swift wave of his arm, he created hot balls of gas and threw them all around the cosmos where they became stars. But the stars were too hot and inhospitable for the gods.
The sea goddess Voda thought she figured out the way to create cozy safe homes for the gods. She scattered strands of her hair around the universe. True enough, each strand became a new planet, but the planets consisted entirely out of water.
Then the land god Groont stepped in. He cut up his tunic, distributed it on Voda’s oceans, and the pieces of tunic became land. With that, all the immortals were happy for quite a while. They could rest comfortably on the ground, enjoy their baths in the oceans, and float blissfully in the vacuum. They especially favored one planet named Earth and visited it quite frequently.
Ages went by until the life goddess Shiveet realized that she could improve Earth by creating life forms that would inhibit the planet and make it exuberant, beautiful, and unique. She organized a donation campaign among the immortals asking them to donate their eyelashes and fingernail clippings for her to create flora and fauna on Earth. Her favorite animals were the humans who she modeled from a fingernail clipping of the god of knowledge Dumai.
Shiveet was quite pleased with her effort. Most of the immortals were also delighted with the life that Shiveet had created and enjoyed the luxurious greenery of the trees and bushes, the beauty of the flowers and the hassle of various animals. But the Goddess of time Chas and the God of perfection Doskonalist did not like that Shiveet had not invited them to participate in the creation of the plants and animals. They were sure that they could have improved the living forms a lot by making them perfect and immortal. They approached Shiveet and said,
“You are too carefree to get down to creating flora and fauna just the way you wanted them to be. Why didn’t you ask what we wanted them to be like?”
“Oh, come on. Everybody thinks I did a marvelous job. Look at Earth! Isn’t it just magnificent bristling with life everywhere?”
“What is the use of life if it is not going to last?” disagreed Chas.
“What is the use of life if it is not perfect?” objected Doskonalist.
“It is going to last,” contradicted Shiveet. “It is just going to be rejuvenated and improved from time to time. It really is a good idea, believe me.”
But Chas and Doskonalist would not believe her.
“We will appeal to Boh”, they decided. “And ask him whether we could be permitted to destroy Shiveet’s life forms and create our own instead.”
And so they did.
Boh was kind and understanding of the two gods’ concern. The only thing was that he himself enjoyed the new inhabitants of Earth. In fact, he no longer felt lonely anymore in the company of the 100 gods/goddesses and the innumerable plants and animals. He even got quite involved with Shiveet’s favorite animals – people. He helped them a lot when they needed help, but was always impressed by their resourcefulness and capability. He also secretly suspected that Chas or Doskonalist could make a mistake like Voda or Zeerki once did and the wonderful fauna and flora would be lost. Still he did not want to anger Chas and Doskonalist either.
“I hope I can help, “suggested Boh.” I can separate people’s souls from their bodies and thus make them immortal. Would you be happy with that, Chas?”
Chas thought for a while.
“I guess I can put up with that” she finally agreed.
“Unfortunately, it will be the task of the living creature to perfect themselves as they accommodate to their environment,” Boh turned to Doskonalist.
“Can I help them with that?” Chas sprang up.
“Sure. With Chas’s help, they will become more and more sophisticated and better able to fit your requirements, Doskonalist.”
“But I can make them perfect in an instant and they will stay that way for eternity. Let me do it right now. Let me destroy Sheveet’s defective creatures. I can never put up with such a severe disability. It is outrageous. I cannot stand it”
“Then you should leave. You do not have my permission to destroy Sheveet’s creation, but I will allow you to try your hand in another universe.” calmly responded Boh.
And so it was. There is no perfection in this world. But at least it did not get destroyed…
Perhaps it is to Doskonalist’s universe that our souls go to after we die in this world. |
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NAME: Jeremy Koritzinsky
TITLE: Creation of Electricity, Light, and Heat
MYTH: In the beginning, there was no light, heat, or power. Although in the creation of the world light was created, there was no way to make light during the night. Then, a man found some metal known as flint. He rubbed it together and thought he saw a spark of light. It was his imagination. G-d hadn’t thought of light at night because that is why he made night dark and without light. He realized that man wanted to create light at night, so he placed wood and flint together in front of man. At this point in time, man was to unskillful and uneducated to know what to do with the flint and wood.
G-d then thought that it would be easier to mix light and heat. He gave man knowledge to make fire. Man at first did not use or understand fire correctly, which resolved in burning. Later, man tried again, and he was much more careful. This time he created fire. He was very amazed. He leapt with joy. Man was so excited, that he went and invented many other things, such as the wheel. Man was becoming too knowledgeable, so g-d created something we have no control over today, lightning, also known as the first form of electricity. Man was afraid of lightning, so he stopped inventing. G-d was too hasty with the lightning and accidently hit the log and flint that he placed earlier. They burst into flames, and man saw it happen. Man then knew how to make fire through nature. He then thought of what could happen next. G-d did not interact with man for a long time. The result of this ending of communication caused man to loose some knowledge that he had gained over the years.
Soon copper was discovered. No one knew the reason for existence. As a result, copper was thought of as useless. G-d had created copper for a very important reason, to help with the multi-millennia quest to have light at night all the time, no matter the weather. To make man understand the use of copper, g-d made Benjamin Franklin discover electricity. A few years later, it was discovered that copper could conduct electricity. G-d was satisfied, so he relaxed and let the world be.
There was only one problem, electricity was not natural, and so man had no way to create it. G-d realized that his creation was unusable; hence he created the possibility of hydro-electric power, nuclear energy, wind energy, and fossil fuels. G-d could do no more, so he laid down to rest.
G-d may reawaken during our energy crisis to help solve this dilemma. If he does he may be very angry. He might cause us to only be able to use alternative fuels, and not fossil fuels, which are safer. He might also help fix our ozone layer. The ozone layer is a layer of our atmosphere. He may also help with global warming.
If it weren’t for g-d, we would have no light. If it weren’t for g-d, we would have no heat. If it weren’t for g-d, we would have no electricity. If it weren’t for g-d we would be living much harder lives. Be glad for g-d’s creation of electricity, light, and heat. |
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NAME: Maximilian Browde'
AGE: 8 years old
SCHOOL: Roaring Brook Elementary School
MYTH: First before there was anything on earth there was a little patch of land that was created out of the darkness. The darkness of space was a god with no name. In the darkness of space there was a tiny light from a distant star. The god with no name joined with his shadow that was made from the star’s light and when he did it made a gigantic light. The gigantic light had the shape of a devil’s head. It was white, black, and red. It was all fire and it was 250,000 miles high. This huge light killed the god with no name because the darkness always dies when there is light. When he died he exploded into fire and the rocks turned into the first patch of land on the earth. But nobody was there.
Way out in space, the devil of light spit out a gigantic seed and it fell on the tiny patch of land. When the seed fell it exploded and out of the explosion came a full grown man with light shining all around him. He was Luma, the Sun God. The devil didn’t know that he was going to make Luma the Sun God and he wasn’t pleased to see that he had because he wanted to be the only light. So he took a sickle and tried to attack, but before he could attack, Luma the Sun God spit out another seed and when it hit the ground it exploded and out of it came a god named Fate. One side of him was fire and the other was ice. He helped the sun god kill the devil. Luma shined the brightest light into the devil’s eyes and Fate shot his fire and ice all the way into the devil’s heart out in deepest space. This killed him.
The devil’s body fell to earth and became the vast plains. The devil’s heart was crushed into little pieces and the little pieces rained down onto the earth and formed the first humans. His bones became the mountains and hills and his blood became the oceans, seas and rivers. The devil’s flesh became all of the animals that populated the earth. His bones also created trees. His skull held up the sky so that the sky would not fall onto the earth.
The first humans where shaped like the devil: they had long ears, big feet, pointy noses, red eyes and lots of hair on their back. They started out walking around, lost, and trying to find something. What they found was each other. They worshipped the Gods (Fate and Luma) and they saw them as parents. What the humans hated more than anything was war. In fact, anyone who started to fight would die. The humans created a peace loving civilization even though they were born out of pure evil.
They started building the first cities with the wood that they chopped from the trees. The Gods were very pleased that they were building temples and shrines to worship them in. So the Gods gave them extra wood and a gigantic supply of food. Fate gave the humans fire and Luma gave them light which made crops grow. The humans started to populate around the world and build more temples and cities.
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NAME: Paul Stewart
TITLE: Creation Myth
MYTH: In the beginning there was nothing on earth but a lonely god named Dynan. Dynan was alone in a huge world full of mountains and rivers, caves and a vast ocean. Dynan was once walking along the shores of this huge ocean when he heard a voice, coming from the crashing waves. "Hello Dynan," the voice said. "How do you know my name?" Dynan asked. The voice replied, "I know all and understand everything, for I am the Ocean. I also know that you are lonely. So take this clay and form beings to talk to and share ideas with."
So Dynan took the clay that emerged on the swelling tide, and he began to create beings, just as the ocean had told him to. He made everything from the hopping kangaroo to the graceful butterfly, from the nimble mountain goat to the slow turtle, and when he had finished, he decided to make another species to watch over the animals. He made the first humans out of the clay, and when they were done, he thought they were perfect. But the humans made out of clay lacked intelligence. They wandered into the ocean and were never seen again. He decided to make the humans from rock, and when they were done, Dynan thought they were perfect. But the humans made from rock waged war against each other and hunted more than what was needed, slaying hundreds of animals. Dynan rushed to the ocean and told it what had happened. All at once, the waters began to rise. The animals realized what was happening and rushed to the highest mountain's top, but the humans were too busy fighting each other to notice the rising waters, and they too were swept out into the ocean, never to be seen again.
Dynan and the animals came down after the water had receded, and Dynan tried to make humans once more. This time, he used wood to make the humans, and when they were done, Dynan thought they were perfect. But the humans made out of wood didn't look after the animals, and many animals suffered. Dynan asked the ocean for advice. The ocean told him to take all the animals and go into the deepest cave for two months. The humans made out of wood starved without the milk, eggs, and meat from the animals, and they wandered into the ocean, never to be seen again. Dynan emerged from the cave, and sat down by the ocean to cry. "Why are you crying?" asked the Ocean. "Because I cannot make people to watch over the animals." Dynan replied. Suddenly, from the ocean emerged a new race of humans. They were intelligent, loving, and they watched over the animals. Dynan lived the rest of his days in peace, talking, building, laughing and all the while thankful for the ocean. The End. |
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NAME: Katy Tadler
TITLE: The Colossal Collide
MYTH: At the beginning of time there were two lonely planets drifting in space. The two planets were shrouded in darkness. No creatures or humans ever walked the earth. One day a meteor struck one of the planets sending it flying into the other planet with so much force it made a deep and dark hole in the planet. When this happened, humans came out one side of the hole and animals came out the other side. These were not animals like we know today. For example, there was a creature that was half lion and half scorpion. Another one was half gorilla and half snake. There were many other types of mysterious and magical creatures. The humans and the animals did not get along. They both wanted to be the ruler of the new planet. They fought endlessly and endlessly until there were no more than a few humans and animals left. The war destroyed their habitats, and the planet was covered in blood and tears. The ruler of the humans, Mantakilla, and the ruler of the animals, Bush Bush, both agreed to stop fighting. Once this happened they lived in peace. The sun shone down, food grew and all was right between humans and animals. |
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