Lightening+Punishment+Myth

Alyssa Margolis and Natsuko Muratomi Punishment Myth Topic: Lightening


 * 1) There was a large famine throughout the land.
 * 2) People were starving and desperate for food.
 * 3) They acted grumpy and looked emaciated.
 * 4) God promised them a few days before that he would grant them food if they behaved and waited just a few days longer.
 * 5) But they did not listen.
 * 6) Instead, the people began to sneak into each other’s houses late at night.
 * 7) They would eat each other’s food until there was nothing left in their house.
 * 8) God was so disappointed in them and how the people would not listen to him.
 * 9) He then became so angry he created sparks.
 * 10) He then threw the sparks to the ground.
 * 11) He would throw them at the very greedy people.
 * 12) He did not want to kill anybody; he just wanted to teach the people a lesson.
 * 13) These sparks being thrown at the ground is called lightening.
 * 14) Thunder is also to be said the angry voice of God.
 * 15) This was a method to punish the people.