ect roots and herbs. This ceremony of intoxication happened in times of hardship or when the shaman thought it was time to choose a man to succeed him as shaman of the tribe (Isaacs 161).
             Both the Mayans and Aborigines had tales of creation. The Mayan creator god is named Itzamná. Itzamná is also the god of the heavens and knowledge. Itzamná tried futilely to create humanity twice; first he tried to make man from mud, and then tried unsuccessfully again with wood. Eventually however, according to the Maya, Itzamná successfully made human beings out of corn, the Mayan staple diet (Beck 20). As the legend has it, when the Creator decided to make man, he tried first with earth's soil, but the people h
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