AnaMarie Mehmel
Professor Benander
World Literature II
10 January 2011
Reader Response: The Popol Vuh was interesting in that it gives a different point of view on how the world, and everything in it, was created. It was interesting to read how the gods failed several times to make humans, but they still continued to try and try again until they did succeed. People make mistakes and having a text that says gods make mistakes is pretty cool. However, being Catholic I believe that God created humans in his own image and all that. Of course, I am always willing to hear different sides to every argument, so having a different interpretation of how humans were made is nice. Though there were some parts that confused me. For example, I was not sure how many gods there were, who did what.
I like your point about making mistakes: maybe they found it inspiring to have divine examples so people could admit to it more easily. I think you make a good point that one can maintain one's own faith while considering the faiths of others. America is a good place for that. As for the number of god in the Mayan pantheon, there are many, and their names are very long, even in hieroglyphs.
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