In this course we will experience creation/migration/orgin stories of various indigenous cultures throughout the world. Our course will be exciting in that we will have a chance to read and discuss works that date back many centuries and attempt to offer explanation of several aspecs of human existence and our connection to the natural world. We will discover the importance that storytelling holds within each culture as a way to express identity and carry traditions from generation to generation. We will begin by reading the emergence myths of several cultures that originated right here in the Southwestern United States. From there we will move to Mesoamerican (Maya/Aztec) origin stories, Australian Aboriginal oral literature, African mythology and conclude our course with South American creation myths.
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