Description
Creation Stories of the Americas is a course on the origins of the world, humanity, and the natural order of the indigenous peoples of North, Central, and South America published by The Great Courses Plus online academy. It explores the rich and diverse mythologies through which the indigenous peoples of North, Central, and South America have explained the origins of the world, humanity, and the natural order. These narratives reflect deep connections to the land, animals, and spiritual forces, and show how different cultures understood balance, responsibility, and the relationship between humans and the cosmos. By examining stories from diverse indigenous traditions, it highlights the role of oral storytelling in preserving knowledge, values, and identity across generations.
Creation stories can reveal much about the societies that shape, protect, and sustain them. These stories are rich in moral and spiritual meaning, religious attitudes, and ideas about social hierarchy. Their outlines are not fixed, often shaped and reshaped by external forces such as cultural mixing, colonialism and conquest. And they are as prescriptive as they are descriptive – explaining not only why things are the way they are, but also how we live our lives. Creation stories tell us much about ourselves – past, present and future. Work closely with Christine to study how creation stories are told in the fine arts, architecture and natural landscapes.
What you will learn in Creation Stories of the Americas:
- The Emergence of Time and the World
- Creation Stories Beneath Mexico City
- Pilgrimage and the Hero’s Journey
- Great Goddesses of Ancient Mexico
- The Role of Water in Creation Stories
- Sacred Plants from Sacred Landscapes
- And…
Course specifications
Publisher: The Great Courses Plus
Instructors: Khristin Montes
Language: English
Level: Introductory to Advanced
Number of Lessons: 12
Duration: 5 hours and 41 minutes
Course topics
Creation Stories of the Americas Prerequisites
None
Pictures
Creation Stories of the Americas introduction video
Installation guide
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Subtitle: None
Quality: 720p
Downloadly link
Rapidgator link
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Size
4.8 GB
