Which three sentences in the story indicate that that the passage is an ex nihilo type of creation story? Behold the first word and the first discourse. There was as yet no man, nor any animal, nor bird, nor fish, nor crawfish, nor any pit, nor ravine, nor green herb,
nor any tree; nothing was but the firmament. The face of the earth had not yet appeared-only the peaceful sea and all the space of heaven. There was nothing
yet joined together, nothing that clung to anything else; nothing that balanced itself, that made the least rustling, that made a sound in the heaven. There was
nothing that stood up; nothing but the quiet water, but the sea, calm and alone in its boundaries: nothing existed; nothing but immobility and silence, in the
darkness, in the night.
one also the Creator, the Former, the Dominator, the Feathered Serpent-those that engender, those that give being. they are upon the water, like a growing
light. They are enveloped in green and blue; and therefore their name is Gucumatz.
the name of God; it is thus that he is called.
Lo, now how the heavens exist, how exists also the Heart of Heaven; such is
And they spake; they consulted together and meditated; they mingled their words and their opinion. And the
was verily after this wise: Earth, they said, and on the instant it was formed; like a cloud
creation
great lobsters; in an instant the mountains and the plains were visible, and the cypress and
fog was its beginning. Then the mountains rose over the water like
Blessed be thy coming, O Heart of Heaven, Hurakan, Thunderbolt. Our work and our
the pine appeared. Then was the Gucumatz filled with joy, crying out:
labor has accomplished its end.