BACHUE
This myth of Bachue, which
belonged to the Chibcha civilization, says that between “Tinjaca” and “Hunza”, which are names of regions that
have disappeared, and where we can find some villages like villa de Leyva today,
there is a beautiful small lake which is called iguaque. One morning, long ago,
as the sun had started to shine, dispersing the fog on the lake, and the sky
was blue, silence was broken by birds that were announcing great and mysterious
events. The air and the exotic nature which were in happy expectation saw that
the waters were starting to undulate, but they couldn’t figure out what was
happening. From the Deep waters, the image of a beautiful woman – whose beauty
could only be compared to that of a goddess-, emerged with a child who was
three years old: Bachue had been born. After they had come out on shore, they went into far
away lands where she pointed out a place to build her home. When the child had
grown up, they got married and had many children, and that’s how human beings
were created and the earth populated. Over time, Bachue taught them to cook.
Time passed, and she found out that people knew how to look after themselves.
So, Bachue, who was now old and tired, felt that her misión on earth was
accomplished, and came back to lake iguaque, together with her companion. As
they were touched by the wáter, they were changed into snakes – symbols of
wisdom – so that people would always remember that they should respect the
lessons she had taught them.
CROATIAN
CREATION
The slays had different
myths. For example, it was believed by croatians that in the beginning, nothing
else existed but Good in all the universe. They said that his only occupation
was to lie down, and sleep and dream. those dreams had lasted for many years,
until there came a day when he had to wake up. It happened brutally and after a
while, he got up and looked around, and from each one of his glances, a star
was born. He was very surprised by this, so he started to travel and travel, to
see what his eyes had created, until he came to earth. Since he was extremely
tired, drops of sweat started to run
down his face. And it happened that one of these drops got a spirit, and
it was the first human being. This is how humans were born from Good. But they
were not created for pleasure; they found out about their origin which was from
sweat, so they had to put up with the idea that their destiny was to suffer and
word hard.
