MY TIME HAS COME
so my favorite subgroup of myths is definitely mesoamerican / latin american, since i'm the most familiar with it!
my favorite beast from this is the quetzalcoatl, a feathered serpent who represents learning! it's said that quetz is actually a toltec king whose legacy was mixed up with mythology, but who really knows lol. he rivaled tezcatlipoca as a god of creation, and when he was defeated by the former, he sailed out into the sea with a raft of serpents.
a myth of creation i find really interesting is the maya's. creation began with huracan (which is where the word hurricane comes from!), a great wind that blew over the sea which caused land to rise. xpiacoc and xmucane, two other gods, helped huracan create other deities and plants and animals. for the people, their first attempt was to make them out of clay, and they melted into the water. the second attempt was of wood, but it was flammable and dull. for the final attempt, they mixed yellow and white corn (or maize) flour and made the first fathers, ancestors of all, from it.
so my favorite subgroup of myths is definitely mesoamerican / latin american, since i'm the most familiar with it!
my favorite beast from this is the quetzalcoatl, a feathered serpent who represents learning! it's said that quetz is actually a toltec king whose legacy was mixed up with mythology, but who really knows lol. he rivaled tezcatlipoca as a god of creation, and when he was defeated by the former, he sailed out into the sea with a raft of serpents.
a myth of creation i find really interesting is the maya's. creation began with huracan (which is where the word hurricane comes from!), a great wind that blew over the sea which caused land to rise. xpiacoc and xmucane, two other gods, helped huracan create other deities and plants and animals. for the people, their first attempt was to make them out of clay, and they melted into the water. the second attempt was of wood, but it was flammable and dull. for the final attempt, they mixed yellow and white corn (or maize) flour and made the first fathers, ancestors of all, from it.