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And lastly, we chose Matter Earth as our group name because we are ready to engage and interact with
activities that would greatly improve our planet’s condition.
MATTER and EARTH has an impact on all of us from the moment we are born till we die. Without
MATTER EARTH, we, physically, wouldn't have existed.
YELL
M to the A to the double T E and R
what matters? matter earth
E to the A to the R T H
who matters? matter earth
teaching minds
touching lives
with the life we view (fast “wida life”)
MATTER EARTH?
what matters?
who matters?
who are we?
MATTER EARTH!!
Egyptian Creation Story
(flores) : Form out of formlessness, order out of chaos, and the struggle to sustain that order are the
heart of the ancient Egyptian stories of creation.
(bestoso) :Who created the universe and how can we might depend on where and when you were in
ancient egypt??
* CONTEXT OF MYTHOLOGY
(Seb) : Myths aren’t meant to be taken literally. Instead, they help us to understand our world by
examining complex themes and creating inner reflection.
(Louie) : These themes often include: what is right? and what is wrong? What is our role or purpose?
How should we live and what happens when we die?
(Bryce): these are truly at the core of the human experience and govern how we interact with our world
and each other. And due to our wonderful diversity, the conversation and reality of these ideas change
not only from place to place but also from time to time.
(Rhianna): Ancient Egyptian creation myths are the ancient Egyptian accounts of the creation of the
world. The Pyramid Texts, tomb wall decorations, and writings, dating back to the Old Kingdom (c. 2700–
2200 BCE) have provided the majority of information regarding ancient Egyptian creation myths.
Surviving for over 6000 years, these myths also form the earliest religious compilations in the world as it
is longer than any other in human history.
(Paul): The Ancient Egyptians religion and mythology survived for nearly 6000 years, longer than any
other in human history !! mapapa wow
(same person): The reason for these changes may vary but include not only the tide of social values, but
also the political lanscape as various groups or pharaohs tried to put themselves at the forefront of
divine importance.
(Bryce): Still, despite change, some elements seem to be common among egyptian muthology. One of
these elemets is the idea of the relationship between CHAOS and ORDER.
(Ceniza): The idea of order and justice, which egyptians called MAAT it was central to their view of the
universe and their daily life.
(Ceniza): It is Interesting that so many mythologies have this idea tgat the universe started in chaos or
nothingness.
(Lanz): To which order was then brought leading to the creation of the world, the gods and humankind.
(Rhianna): Why do so many have this idea and where did it come from? Afterall… the big bang theory of
the universe is a 20th century idea derived from scientific observation.. How is it that early people 6 or 7
thousand years ago already knew this trough their mythologies??
(Paul): Now let’s learn about the Bremner-rhind papyrus: the overthrowing of apep, the enemy of ra
(Paul): This story comes from an ancient scroll, known as the BREMNER-RHIND PAPYRUS, currently at the
British Museun in London.
(Bryce): This scroll contains a book called “The overthrowing of Apep, the enemy of Ra”… Which
describes the creation of the universe from the perspectuve of it’s creator.
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(seb): Start in a great sea of chaos, which they called “Nu”. This sea of chaos was a formless void.
(seb): and within this sea was Neb-er-tcher, which means “the limitless one”.
(Bryce): He spoke his name “Atum”, and created his form out of the chaos. Atum rose out of the sea, the
Nu, and realized he was alone. There was no land to stand upon or other to experience.
(paul): Atum spoke another word, the name of the firmament, and the waters of the nu receded
revealing a great mound for him to stand upon. (timestap for reference pic > 4:51)
(ceniza): Atum dreamed of his children, then spoke their names, Shu, and Tefnut creating them into
existence.
(lanz): Shu was the dryness of air, and Tefnut was moisture. Shu and teffnut desired to explore the
expanse of the nu and so they left Atum to wander.
(rhianna): Time had passed and Atum greatly missed his children and worried over them. He sent his eye
(mismong eye niya) to search for them in the chaos.
(Janna): The eye eventually found Shu and Tefnut and brought them back to their father. Atum became
happy and wept at the sight of his children return. From his tears were born people and all the creatures
of the world.
(paul): While the eye was gone, searching for Shu and Tefnut, another eye had grown in its place. When
it returned, it became distraught that it had been replaced, but Atum still loved his eye and placed it in
his forehead to watch over the world and it became the sun, the god Ra. The other eye became the
moon.
(seb): Shu and Tefnut had two children: Geb (the earth) and Nut (the sky). Geb and Nut were hugged and
so their father (Shu: the air) would seperate them during the day so that people and the animals coould
live there.
(flores): Apep was the chaos that was left behind when Atum rose from the Nu in primordial time.
(bryce): Ra would travel across the sky every day in his golden boat until he reached the underworld
where he would do battle with Apep. >> This was the struggle in the Egyptian mythology, to keep order,
and prevent chaos from reclaiming the world and returning everything to the waters of the Nu, including
the Gos and Atum-Ra itself.