It was dark and there was neither life nor death. In the beginning, the earth was a bare plain. Underneath the plain slept the eternal ancestors, the sun, the moon and the stars. Eventually the eternal ancestors arose an in the Dreamtime they walked the earth. The eternal ancestors walked in many shapes and forms; […]
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An Apache creation myth – The One Who Lives Above
There was nothing in the beginning; no earth, no sky, no sun and no moon. There was only darkness. There was only darkness until a thin disc emerged. Sitting on the disc, which was yellow on one side and white on the other, was a small bearded man. He was Creator. He was the One […]
An Aztec creation myth – Coatlique
Created in the image of the unknown, without crack on her body and dressed in skulls, lacerated hands and snakes Coatlique is the mother goddess in the Aztec creation myth. She is the Lady of the Skirt of Snakes. Impregnated by an obsidian knife, Coatlique gave birth to a large number of male children (who […]
A Celtic creation myth – hoarfrost
We all have to find a beginning somewhere and this is where it begins for In Pure Spirit. A Celtic creation myth During the first winter, a colossal and powerful giant rose from the hoarfrost. Next came the fire and the fire melted the giant. As the ice giant melted so the world was born. […]
