Common Motifs In Creation Myths

conditions for creations; common motifs in creations myths Have you ever wondered how someone 1,000 miles away can have have the same ideology concerning creation as someone else even though they have no way of even hoping for contact, let alone conversation fruitful enough to spark an exchange of ideas? many myths share many similar ideas such as: humans being created from clay, humans being destroyed by the gods due to an imperfection, and humans being created by the god breathing life into them. this fact does not seem so impressive until one understands the fact that many, if not all of these cultures have not had any contact what-so-ever to many of the cultures that share their ideas. yet we plainly see that they are there throughout a large number of creation myths and logic tells us that there must be a reason behind this coincidence. however, many of the theories behind the occurrence are merely speculation, as no one truly knows what happened in a time where there are no witnesses to report the events.

the greeks, chinese, norse, inuit, and Yoruban creation myths all state that their god/goddess, or gods/goddesses created humans out of some form of organic material. it is logical to think that they used something organic because organic materials were in such abundant supply, and because all primitive cultures had to use what was left laying around for any creations of their own, so it would seem logical that their gods would have to do the same. it could also stem from a rough understanding held by the ancients that we came from the base materials of the earth (carbon, nitrogen, iron etc.) and that was simply the easiest way they found to create the easiest, most universal understanding of the fact for the