There are many creation myths and not all are the same but many share some similarities, they are called motifs, but how many myths share three well known motifs? It is a very amazing thing that all of these different people shared some of the same ideas on how their people were started and some of them were oceans apart. It is a curious thing and also cool seeing how all of them thought the same thing. The three motifs that I am going to go over are the motif of people being made out of organic materials, the earth being made from objects, like body parts or objects, and the motif of there being a great flood that almost wiped out all humans on Earth. Why is it that they might of had the same thoughts of when they were created?
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The Chinese with the builder,Pan-gu, of the world with him hatching and the egg making the Earth, afterward Pan-gu made the world as we see it today. When Pan-gu dies he lies on the Earth and his body makes up the mountains. They probably thought since Pan-gu was big he must be the reasons for the mountains are big. This must have been what all of the other people were thinking because most envisioned their gods as giant like beings so the person or object that they have to bust, break, or kill to make a world must also be …show more content…
A god in the Yoruban did it because he was never told humans were to be created, and Zeus did it because he had seen people eating each other. I think that these creation myths had these to try and scare their people and make them respect their gods, which would make sense. This could of been a way for the Mayans to tell their people to always be smart and to praise their goods, or for the Yorubans to respect the sea. No matter what the motif there is most likely an explanation around it, especially this