Homework (total
6 points) Name: ______________________
SCI 105 Scientific
Inquiry
Physics
Department --- Mercer University --- Fall 2007
Creation Myths
Find three articles
on the web that describe some ancient or obscure people. Choose three articles
on three different websites. You may consult Wikipedia, but do not count it as
one of the three.
The articles must
provide some information about both a) the culture of the people; and b)
their creation myth, which is normally part of their religion. Note that
some cultures do not have a definite creation myth, but may still have a
description of the universe and the (supernatural) forces that govern it: a cosmology.
This will also be adequate. Do not choose your own culture or religion, but one
that is unknown or strange to you.
Read the information
in the articles. Send the links to these articles to the instructor by email
(balduz_jl@mercer.edu), together with your brief responses to the following. (Between
150 and 300 words total should be enough. Please include everything in the body
of the email, not as an attachment.) The instructor will collect these
links and the other information on a class web page as the results come in…