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…

 

  1. Describe the culture of these people.
  2. Tell us their creation myth or cosmology.
  3. How is their creation myth or cosmology related to their culture?