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 ''was silent and only the sea was there. Quiet in the dark. Only the Creators and Shapers, Tepew and Q´uk´umatz, were on the water, surrounded by light and covered with green and blue feathers. They were wise and great thinkers, because they were the helpers of the Sky Heart, which is the name of God. They then decided to create the trees and the vines. By the will of Sky Heart, also called Juraqan, they created the plants of the darkness and gave life to human beings. (Victor Montejo. 1999)'' But there is another Maya variant of creation in the Chilam Balaam of Chumayel. Surely, if we could gather the creation myths of all the cultures of the ancient Mexico, we would find in their diversity a philosophical matrix, which speaks of a shared origin.

"Dominus vobisculum all said when there where there was neither heaven nor land.

''From the abyss earth was born, when there was no heaven or earth. He who is divine and powerful, carved the large Grace Stone, there where before was no sky.'' ____________________