The Hopi Creation Myth
In the Hopi creation myth, there were two gods, on named Twa (boy) and the other named Kokyanwuhti (girl). The two gods had a lot of work to do so they divided themselves to share the labor, Twa made a copy and Kokyanwuhti made a copy of themselves. Their "clones" married each other and produced a lot of other gods but then Twa and Kokyanwuhti had a great idea. They would make the Earth between the Heaven and the underworld and whatever Twa thought of, Kokyawuhti made from clay, they formed everything on Earth and breath life into some of them. Then they made humans because they needed a creature in their image to look after they creation.
In the Hopi creation myth, there were two gods, on named Twa (boy) and the other named Kokyanwuhti (girl). The two gods had a lot of work to do so they divided themselves to share the labor, Twa made a copy and Kokyanwuhti made a copy of themselves. Their "clones" married each other and produced a lot of other gods but then Twa and Kokyanwuhti had a great idea. They would make the Earth between the Heaven and the underworld and whatever Twa thought of, Kokyawuhti made from clay, they formed everything on Earth and breath life into some of them. Then they made humans because they needed a creature in their image to look after they creation.
I chose the picture above because in the picture, it shows humans made from clay just like the ones in the myth
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Pleasing summary.
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