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Comparing Ancient And Greek Creation Myth

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Creation myths are stories which are told by many different cultures around the world. They often explain how the world came into existence. This essay will be contrasting the Adam and Eve story from the book of Genesis with the Greek creation story, comparing values and beliefs of both cultures. The values in the Adam and Eve story are Men are dominant and there is only one God. The values in the greek story is there are many Gods and there is Gender equality. Two similarities are importance of family and both must worship there Gods.

The values that are unique to Adam and Eve are Men are dominant and that there is only one God. In Adam and Eve men are dominant and this is confirmed by ‘It is not good for man to be alone. I will go and find a suitable helper for him.’ (Gen 2) Also in the Adam and Eve creation story is only one God and the most compelling evidence from the passage is “In the day that Lord God made the earth and heavens’ (Gen 2). In the creation story there is only one God and the story is male dominated. …show more content…

A quote that backs up my first point There are many God’s is that ‘The first part of the story says there are two Gods which straight away tells you there are many Gods.’ (the big myth) This shows that there are many God’s in this creation story. The quote that shows this is “There are both men and women as the first God showing gender equality. There is gender equality all throughout the story with the main Gods being both men and

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