Which three sentences in the story indicate that that the passage is an ex nihilo type of creation story?
Behold the first word and the first discourse.
green herb, nor any tree;
There was as yet no man, nor any
animal, nor bird, nor fish, nor crawfish, nor any pit, nor ravine, nor
nothing was but the firmament. The face of the earth had not yet appeared-only the peaceful sea and all the space of
sound in the heaven. There was nothing that stood up; nothing but the heaven. There was nothing yet joined together, nothing that clung to anything else; nothing that balanced itself, that made the least rustling, that made a
nothing but immobility and silence, in the darkness, in the night.
quiet water, but the sea, calm and alone in its boundaries: nothing existed;
Alone also the
growing light.
Creator, the Former, the Dominator, the Feathered Serpent-those that engender, those that give being, they are upon the water, like a
of Heaven; such is the name of God; it is thus that he is called. And They are enveloped in green and blue; and therefore their name is Gucumatz. Lo, now how the heavens exist, how exists also the Heart
they spake; they consulted together and meditated; they mingled their words and
their opinion. And the creation was verily after this wise: Earth, they said, and on the instant it was formed; like
the
mountains rose over the water like great lobsters; in an instant the mountains and
cloud or a fog was ts beginning. Then
Then was the Gucumatz filled with joy,
the plains were visible, and the cypress and the pine appeared.
accomplished its end.
crying out: Blessed be thy coming. O Heart of Heaven, Hurakan, Thunderbolt. Our work and our labor has