Patriarchal Gods: An Analysis of the Importance of Anthropocentric Originations in Genesis and in Mesopotamian Mythology
This mythological study will define the anthropocentric originations of the world through the compare and contrast of gender roles orientation in Genesis and in Mesopotamian mythology. In Genesis, the creation of the world is defined through the power of a man-god image, which defines the separation of differing elements/celestial bodies, such as light, air and water, to define the anthropocentric creationist story. This is also true of the human-like God called Marduk that split Tiamat (a goddess) in half to form the heaven and earth in Mesopotamian mythos. Contrastingly, Marduk is a primarily misogynistic god when he kills Tiamat, as opposed to the male god of early
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The male God of Genesis defines the formation of the world through the power of separation, especially in the case of light, water, and air in the Judaic tradition. In a similar manner, the Mesopotamian god Marduk was also a male that formed the world through his powers, yet with the contrastingly misogynistic killing of the goddess Tiamat as part of the formation of Heaven and Earth. These examples of creationism reveal the human-centered formation of the world through male gods, yet with differing examples of cruelty towards women/goddesses as part of a gender divide in the godly realms. Overall, these two creation myths define the anthropocentric formation of the world, which provides a sense of faith-based comfort in knowing that the world was made through the supernatural powers of a human-like being. These are the important aspects of Judaic and Mesopotamian creation myths that define the patriarchal, elemental, and divisive methods of the formation of the world through an anthropocentric point of