This week's topic was the Mayan religion. In the FYS class, we specifically talked about the Adventures of the Hero Twins. The Hero Twins were not humans but were human-like. Their adventures emphasized the cardinal directions and the creation of the Ballgame. The Maya's reactions to their gods and religion was extremely devout. Their culture and religion are one in the same. Everything the Maya did had a religious purpose behind it. It's kind of weird to conceptualize because of living in a world were one might do something out of religion but do something different out of culture. The Maya's actions whether cultural or not were always for religious reasons. I wonder if other civilizations have such a fusion of religion and culture?
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