tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post3994942148749918034..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): The Popul Vuh creation mythMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-29008018495507485252013-03-25T12:23:51.198-05:002013-03-25T12:23:51.198-05:00All of it doesn't sound familiar. If you inste...All of it doesn't sound familiar. If you instead bolded everything that didn't sound suspiciously like the King James translation of the Bible, the story wouldn't sound much like that other primitive creation story (which itself borrowed heavily from various creation stories of other cultures).<br /><br />Genesis doesn't even agree with itself. It has two very different creation stories and makes no attempt to reconcile them with each other.<br /><br />I'd call this literary pareidolia.<br /><br />BJ Nichollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04525256614467299544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-18916084922203426602013-03-25T11:22:16.048-05:002013-03-25T11:22:16.048-05:00It should be noted that this was written with the ...It should be noted that this was written with the help of Spanish Missionaries AFTER the author had converted to Christianity. Any similiarity to biblical mythology is most likely the influence of the missionaries. The same people who burned their libraries and are responsible for our ignorance of the Mayan today. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04036244478882571976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-90066904771315482722013-03-25T10:12:13.537-05:002013-03-25T10:12:13.537-05:00Gosh, all of that sounds rather familiar...!Gosh, all of that sounds rather familiar...!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com