Original Creation Myth

In American Literature, we studied the mythology of Native American Cultures, including "The World on a Turtle's Back" by the Iroquois, and Coyote Stories from the Okanogan tribes. We learned about traits of creation myths, the use of archetypes, such as the Trickster, and techniques such as anthropomorphism. Believe it or not, we still use the same concepts to create new stories and myths.

As you can see on my right, I have some documents on display in order to show that I understood the concept and could recreate it by myself. These assignments are all classified under the "Original Creation Myth," and will give insight on how I planned, wrote, and recorded my personal fictional narrative.

For my myth, I wrote about how the planets and stars (including moons) were created. In short, the creator (Earth Goddess) creates planets and stars, but allows a newly created goddess to do her job for her. The new goddess happily creates new stars, but unfortunately creates faulty stars that becomes dull. These faulty stars began to start stealing light from other stars, which eventually got them banished by the new goddess. Due to being banished, they fuse and become another new goddess. This goddess seeks revenge for being banished, however, the creator intervenes, finds out the problem between the two goddess and makes a compromise .

To help visualize my myth, I created artwork that is played throughout the video displayed above. The digital artwork was created by myself on photopea.com, a online sketch pad that can be used for representations, videos, or just plane sketches. The illustrations correspondingly show the visual side of the story whilst being read to the audience.

All in all, I am very proud of my work that I accomplished. I feel as if I understand what we have been taught in the first several weeks of school (Abstract Concepts, Thematic Claims, Personal Fiction/Mythology, etc.) and can apply it to my everyday life.