Myths

In my mind, all humans created myths or tales to have assurance. When a human does not know about something, they need a reason for why it is. So, as part of human instincts, when people did not know the real truth about something that made something that "made sense". Although it was usually very far from the real truth, it gave them a sense of assurance that they knew what everything was. And, even to this day, there are still myths that are being created. Although we know much more then we knew back then, there are still things out there that we are not sure of. So, instead of continuing to be scared of these unknown noises or things, we create a reason to be safe in our minds. The two different myths the Aborigine and Maori created are very different yet similar in various ways. The Maori, who believed in more Earthly things respected the gods that have to do with the Earth. The different Gods in their story each have a different meaning on Earth life. From the sea, or war, and even storms. All three of those Gods have a daily effect on the Earth Meanwhile, the Aborigine have more respect for the creatures and animals around them. Their story has to do with mother sun giving life to the different animals around her. She goes around Earth giving life to different kinds of animals all over the place. These animals probably had to do with animals that impacted the Aborigine on a daily basis. Although both of these tribes believed very much in mother nature, they respected different things that she brought them. One side leaned more towards Earth while the other believed more in animals. Although these stories are no longer true, they still represent how important nature is for some people. Everyday, at this day in age we destroy the environment severely just by commuting to work. We don't really give a second thought to what we do but the truth is that the environment would be able to take it anymore very soon. These stories present to us a different way of thinking. Instead of doing everything for money or pleasures, these tribes did everything for animals or the Earth. This is very different from these days and where we only give the Earth a distant thought on protecting it. This is our planet and without our help, it will soon no longer be able to be our home. A creation story that i believed for a long time and most kids my age did as well was Santa Clause. Nowadays most people have gotten over believing that he is true, but he was a very big part of my life when i was little. I would always try to be nice so i would be sure not to receive coal for gifts that year. Also, i would leave the traditional milk and cookies every Christmas eve and scream with joy the next morning when it was gone. And, i would always send in the mail a letter to Santa asking him for the gifts i wanted that year. Although he was never real, this is a great myth for many kids. It creates that extra factor of excitement that comes every Christmas of knowing that Santa was here!!!