African American Religion, Ontology and Stories - Essay
African American religion, Ontology and stories
Diane Alvarado
History 110
Dr. Lehman
Exam 1
African Americans have many values and believes. They have their own commonalities that are found in African religion and their ontology. Their commonalities and shared ontology tell us about the Africans worldview. Not only that but we get to learn about their creation stories that helps us understand their culture and values. There are different stories and myths that explain how humans were created here on earth, for example, there’s the kemetic creation, Dogo creation and Yoruba creation. Each and every one of these cultures teach different values, believes, gods, spirituality, and more. The Kemetic culture is one of the most interesting. Osiris as the first king. He married Isis, he had a brother named Set. Set was jealous of his brother Osiris because he was king and he wanted that power so he killed him and chopped his body into pieces and spread them all over the city. Isis was sad that her husband was murdered she prayed to God and God told her to gather all the pieces of his body and put them together. she did as she was told Osiris came back alive. Since his brother committed a sin he was sent to hell. Isis became pregnant of Osiris they had a son named Horus and he became the new king. Since Osiris was resurrected he went straight to heaven and that’s how they believed that they have to be resurrected in order to go to heaven. Hortus is known as the Falcon he watches over everyone and takes care of them.
The Kemetic religion is monotheistic because they have only one Supreme Being and many gods. Ptah is the Supreme Being in the Kemetic religion. They have their own Bible which is called “Book of the Dead”. Death is very important to their religious believes. They must have a physical body in order to go to heaven. The Kemetic creation consists of three different creation stories. They thought that all life came from a mound. Their
Diane Alvarado
History 110
Dr. Lehman
Exam 1
African Americans have many values and believes. They have their own commonalities that are found in African religion and their ontology. Their commonalities and shared ontology tell us about the Africans worldview. Not only that but we get to learn about their creation stories that helps us understand their culture and values. There are different stories and myths that explain how humans were created here on earth, for example, there’s the kemetic creation, Dogo creation and Yoruba creation. Each and every one of these cultures teach different values, believes, gods, spirituality, and more. The Kemetic culture is one of the most interesting. Osiris as the first king. He married Isis, he had a brother named Set. Set was jealous of his brother Osiris because he was king and he wanted that power so he killed him and chopped his body into pieces and spread them all over the city. Isis was sad that her husband was murdered she prayed to God and God told her to gather all the pieces of his body and put them together. she did as she was told Osiris came back alive. Since his brother committed a sin he was sent to hell. Isis became pregnant of Osiris they had a son named Horus and he became the new king. Since Osiris was resurrected he went straight to heaven and that’s how they believed that they have to be resurrected in order to go to heaven. Hortus is known as the Falcon he watches over everyone and takes care of them.
The Kemetic religion is monotheistic because they have only one Supreme Being and many gods. Ptah is the Supreme Being in the Kemetic religion. They have their own Bible which is called “Book of the Dead”. Death is very important to their religious believes. They must have a physical body in order to go to heaven. The Kemetic creation consists of three different creation stories. They thought that all life came from a mound. Their