As we read, studied and discussed ancient cosmogonies, from creation stories, to the Epic of Gilgamesh to the Popol Vuh, we responded critically and creatively. What follows is a gallery of our work and what we had to say about it.

Ancient Stories Reimagined

In response to a call to participate in the lineage of multimodal storytelling and translation, we re-imagined ancient stories for a modern audience.

I loved working with the Daughter of the Sun story in particular because it does have a slight dark side to it with the land of the dead and the murder of the sun but I was able to change the diction to make it more fitting with a childrens story. I really enjoyed creating my own script and tone of voice in my video to fit something more child appropriate. I also just really enjoyed the story of the daughter of the sun as a whole and found it very interesting that instead of the moon and sun having a romantic relationship like most stories with the moon being the husband and the sun being the wife, that it was a mother and daughter relationship. 

Abby Breegeman

Popol Vuh Illustrated

A gallery of the art we created this semester, along with Spring and Fall 2020, in response to Maya glyphs and the story of Xbalanque’s and Hunapu’s adventures in Xibalba.