Again, I'm actually going to agree with the general consensus (as it appears) that both creation myths are completely unlikely. That said, I really don't find them to be as different as one would think. Both involve traveling away from a place that's been polluted (Adam and Eve are kicked from the Garden of Eden, and the Navajo people traveled from the world where the lust and envy had taken hold) in hopes of a world where humankind will be able to start out new. They both end up with one man and one woman on their own in the world, the "first couple".
Although I doubt the Navajo had any knowledge of this when the myth came into being, the idea of "multiple universes" has been, and probably is being, toyed with by modern scientists. Therefore, if I had to choose, I'd say the idea of traveling from one world to another is more plausible to me than the whole Eden/Genesis story.
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I agree with this statement because it does seem completely unlikely that either of these stories wold be real. First the concept of the navajo people being underground and what not just doesnt seem plausible. Second, the idea of being exiled from one place and put on earth is extremely hard to believe. Therefore i dont believe either of the two.
ReplyDeleteAre Adam and Eve really taken away from a place that is polluted or put into a more polluted environment? The message that i got from the Genesis creation story was more of Adam and Eve being taken from the ideal environment, free of worry, and being dropped into a place full of evils and desire.
ReplyDeleteI've already said that I think both stories seem completely unreal, so I [mostly] with what zach said. although I'm sure the idea of multiple universes has been contemplated, I think it must be in a way that didn't include climbing from one world into the other. Just because the idea is similar, doesn't mean that the story is more plausable to actually happen
ReplyDeleteWhile I agree with the first point of Zach's response, I'm going to have to question the second point that is made. Yes, the idea of multiple universes is a common one, but I don't think we can apply this to the Navajo creation story. The two Navajo people didn't take off in a spaceship (something that we could apply real science to). They climbed through a hole to the surface of an unblemished planet. I guess my ultimate question is: Why is that more believable? You can't apply any more(or less) logic to it than the story of Adam and Eve.
ReplyDeleteI think that the stories have similar ideas, but they seem to be inverses of one another. In the Adam and Eve story, they are taken from a place of perfection and put into the outside world where there is temptation and evil. But these terrible things do not come out of mankind in its purest form, they come from outside sources. On the other hand In the Navajo story mankind creates all of these terrible things and then tries to move away from them into a new universe where they can start anew.
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed that you all are looking at the stories more carefully. I agree that they are different. That gets at what I was asking you to think about. Both stories discuss origins, particularly the origin of evil. In this sense, think you could discuss which explanation seems more true. "Fantastical" details aside, what do you think? Science isn't equipped to answer this question for us, so rely on what makes sense to you.
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