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Common Motifs In Creation Myths

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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. …show more content…

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

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Between “The Babylonian Creation Epic” and “Theogony” there are many similarities and differences that can be found. One similarity between these two is the idea of two beings, Tiamat and Apsu (fresh and salt water) and Gaia and Ouranos (earth and sky) who couple together and give birth to the first gods. In Gaia and Ouranos’s case, these ‘gods’ are called Titans. In the Babylonian story Marduk, a son of the gods, kills Tiamat and creates humankind from the blood of one of the gods who stood on her side. Whereas in “Theogony” Ouranos is hated by all of his children and ends up castrated by his son Kronos.

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He thought, ‘Lem me have a self’, and he created the mind. As he moved about in worship, water was generated. Froth formed on the water and the froth eventually solidified to become earth.” The Gods created the elements: “He thought, ‘Let me have a self’, and he created the mind...

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All cultures and religions have a beginning. The land, water, people, and animals had to be created somehow. The myths of creation varies widely from culture to culture, however, in some instances there are similarities between the cultures and their beliefs. Despite the many differences, creation myths of the Iroquois, Navajo, and Christian people all contain archetypical elements and symbolism that make each of them unique, such as the different characters and developments that show that despite the many differences, there can also be some similarities.

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The most important way to think about myths is that they are symbolic stories that attempt to answer difficult human questions about the universe. For instance, where did we and the world come from? And what is the meaning of life?. “We all want to know where we came from, but because our earliest beginnings are lost in the mists of prehistory, we have created myths about our forefathers that are not historical but help to explain current attitudes about our environment, neighbors and customs” (6). Myth functions as a guidance that explains everything that we come into contact with in the universe.

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There are numerous incidents that we can’t believe in the world, so many people often suspect that it was behind on the incident, and then people feel interest in them. It is called “conspiracy theories”. Some people think that all incidents happen for a reason such as control and order of the government or mafia. People wonder why people usually seem to doubt it themselves. Some experts insist that is because it occurs when supply of information is less than demand of information.

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Hesiod’s account of creation, as outlined in the Theogony offers one of the most detailed and accepted theories of creation in the Greek culture. On the other hand, the Biblical account of creation, regarded as a Hebrew culture creation account, is to date one of the most widely acknowledged and accepted versions across various cultures seeking explanations for the origin of life and the earth. However, even though these creation accounts originate from two different cultures, they share some thought-provoking parallels in terms of their content and intentions, as well as some contrasts that make each of the creation accounts unique. Both Hesiod’s and the biblical creation accounts are similar in that they argue that prior to the beginning of creation events, the earth was merely a void that had no shape or form and this void was filled with darkness.

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Creation Stories Many years ago Native American tribes told origin myth stories, a mixture of science and religion that explains how the world and everything in it came to be. Native American creation stories and Biblical creation stories have a lot of similarities, but they also have many differences. The Native American and the Biblical creation stories are similar in many ways. The Iroquois creation story tells about the lower world and the upper world.

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Motif #2: Humans Being Created From Organic Material I think so many creation myths used organic materials to explain the creation of humans for a couple different reasons. My first theory is because the earliest humans entire lives revolved around and depended on organic material. This makes total sense because literally everything from the shelter to their meals was all organic. There was not the option of hitting a Wal-Mart for new clothes or swinging through McDonald’s for a cheeseburger.

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Creation is something people have different opinions about worldwide, this is a topic that has many different theories. There have been many different ideas that people have thought of in order to try to get people to think that it wasn’t God who created the earth. Almost always the new story got its ideas, based off the story of God’s creation of earth. Some of these crazy theories even try to show that humans were originally monkeys, before they were humans. God spent a lot of time and thought when he was creating the earth, and for people to deny it and not give God any thought is very sad.

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