Select ALL the correct words in the passage.
type of creation story?
Which three sentences in the story indicate that that the passage is an ex nihilo
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 and alone in its boundaries: nothing
made a sound in the heaven. There was nothing that stood up, nothing but the quiet water, but the sea, calm
existed, nothing but immobility
and silence, in the darkness, in the night.
the water, like
Alone also the Creator, the Former, the Dominator, the Feathered Serpent-those that engender, those that give being, they are upon and therefore their name Gucumatz. Lo, now how the heavens exist, how exists also the
a growing light.
They are enveloped in green and blue;
Heart of Heaven, such i
the name of God; it is thus that he is called And they spake, they consulted together and medkated; they mingled their
wise: Earth, they on said, and on the instant it was formed; like a cloud or a fog was its
words and their opinion. And the creation was verily after this
the plains were visible, and the cypress and
beginning Then the mountains rose over the water lke great lobsters; in an instant the mountains and
the pine appeared. Then was the Gucumatz filled with joy.
crying out. Blessed be thy coming, O Heart of Heaven, Hurakan, Thunderbolt Our work
and our labor has accomplished its end.