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Maize and the Mayans' creation myths
Mayan myths say that they were created after maize/corn. They believed that their early fathers were created from maize, and were wed with their wives to create them. -
Rice and the Chinese creation myths
Chinese myths told that the Goddess Guan Yin pitied starving humans and squeezed milk from her breasts, which flowed into the previously empty ears of the rice plants to become rice grains. When she pressed harder, blood flowed into her milk and this was the cause of why humans were provided with white and red varieties of rice.
