Tag: Origin Stories
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Social Impact and Worldviews of Creation Myths
This week we studied creation myths specifically relating to Hindu, Buddhist, Shinto, and Sikh religions. My group’s discussion focused on the social impacts and the worldviews that these myths produced. In terms of social impact, we thought that the cyclical concept of life and rebirth in the Sikh, Buddhist, and Hindu religions caused followers to…
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Cosmogony, Local Mythology, and Differing Perspectives
For this week, we are going to do a deep dive into the world of cosmology, local mythology, and the differing perspectives that arise with them, as based on the discussion my group and I had over the last few days. My group members and I had some unique takes on a few very interesting…