blogpost 4: Twins On Mythology

When we came up with the word Mythology, we always think that it is all about magics and curse that God and Goddesses do. It also happens that myths describes process of cosmological nativity, origination, formation and genesis. And twins have a lots of mythological studies, it often conclude that twins may be refer as curse, blessing, and monster.

I found an article entitled “The wonders of Twins: Twins in Greek Mythology” by William Viney. It states that Greek Twins are heterogeneous significance, they have different kinds of relationship with humans and non-humans, with their twin sibling, their parents and with other twin set. This includes story of Castor: A Polydeuces, where one twin gives up his immortality to be with his mortal twin brother, also the story of Zethos and Amphion; who build the wall that fortifies Thebes. And the fratricide story of Romulus and Remus, show how twinship can be associated with destructive and murderous relations. Thus the twins of Ancient Greece cannot be easily separated, because they do not find concordance with the wonder-provoking intimacies associated with cotemporary twins but because they are not easily isolated from Gods born as singletons. Among Gods, like Apollo and Artemis they have few equals and though there is a little textual evidence to support a physical likeness between them, they are equally holy. The figure of the twin, frequently of sacred birth and of sacrosanct strength, become closely allied with the magical a divine. In stories where sacred twins are born with mortals, with the divine take on human frailties and sacred siblings to accommodate one another.

According to William, “The figure of the twin, frequently of sacred birth of a sacrosanct

strength, become closely allied with the magical and divine”. Yes we all know that if Gods has a child, he/she posses with magical powers and divine strength that would surely praise and adore by the mortals.

I found an article entitled “Ancient Maya Blood Rituals and The Hero Twins Creation Myth” by Jasmyne Pendragon. It talks about the child of the Maize God. It started when one of the daughters of the underworld god walked under the tree and noticed a head hanging from it, she paused and looked at the head and it spoke to her then she raised her hand to the head, it spat on her and she became impregnant. After 6 months she was kicked because of disgrace. She was keep by the creator god grandparents were soon to be grandparents of her underworld children. She gave birth to the Hew Twins named Hunalipu and Xbalanque, they were blow gunners, hunters, ball players, and tricksters, their main function is to get rid the world of monsters and incongruities and went to destroy the monster of volcano and creator of earthquakes. By some sort of trickeny and hardness they committed suicides, by these story it provides for blood sacrifice, it also appears apparent deeds of the Hew Twins. It conclude that twins have the same thought and feelings that considered bravery and heroic deeds.

According to Jasmyne, “However, the epic creation myth does seem the most likely cause or reason.” We often say our lives on myths out in  always doesn’t mean that the myths will cause you a situation that you want.