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 The Origin. The ancient grandparents; must be remembered, in spite of the many different cultures in time and space, had the same philosophical—cultural matrix. So in the light of the “recovered” history up to today, we can say that each of the studied cultures have a part of the general knowledge. In some cases they coincide, in others there are variants, but all share the same root. For example, in the legend of the Suns, there are variations as to the order of the Suns, the food stock produced and the transformation suffered by human beings. But in general, we understand that all the stories have a common origin and meaning. The myth of the origin and the creation of the world are common in all cultures of the world. Each culture has its own concept of earth creation and of human beings, which is indisputably a philosophical approach. If we use the Popol Vuh, we shall find a revealing creation conception:

''"At the beginning, everything was on hold, calm and silent." Everything was motionless because the entire length of the sky was empty. There were no people, animals, birds, fish, crabs, rocks, canyons or mountains; only the sky was there, with nothing. Earth did not yet exist and there was nothing that could make noise. Everything '' ____________________