In the beginning, during the darkness and before the world had taken its true form there was two Gods who ruled before time. Tepeu the Maker who had the form of man and Gucumatz the Feathered Spirt who had taken the form of a serpent with bright vibrant wings. Although the void around them was dark, these two gods glistened with bright vibrant colours that stood out above all. These two gods formed an alliance and created the world. Whatever they imagined took the shape of a solid form.
In the beginning, there was darkness, chaos and water. To create something from nothing, would take a powerful force, especially to the scale of which the world seemed to these cultures. The world was intimidating and mysterious; therefore, the higher power, or God must be equally as powerful and enigmatic. Regardless of the distance in between these societies, their stories share a lot of similarities. First, being that there is one specific creator responsible for the creation of everything.
The first one is plant. After the plant, Pima create sky, water, mountain, tree, and grass. Finally, earth doctor makes sun, moon, and stars (Native American legend). This legend is similar with other countries myths. In Greek legend, Gaia makes all things
The God of the Hebrews differed from pagan gods in numerous ways. The God of the Hebrews explicitly stated multiple times throughout the bible that there is only one God. “Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God; for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears” (2 Samuel 7:22). Since the Hebrews had one God, He was omnipotent. “It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens” (Jeremiah 10:12).
There are many different religions and cultures throughout the world, some more similar than others. With different religions and cultures come different beliefs, especially when it comes to the creation of the earth and mankind. Gilgamesh and Genesis are two examples of stories that do so. Gilgamesh is believed by Sumerian religion while Genesis is Christianity. Although these stories are from different religions they do show many similarities and differences throughout them.
Civilizations throughout time have sought to explain how humans and the earth came into existence. Although all creation stories are similar, there are glaring differences as is the case between the Greek and Iroquois creation stories. The differences begin with the core spiritual belief system. The Greeks believed in multiple Gods and Goddesses contrasting with the Iroquois who believe in the Sky Woman and that everything from plants to animals has a spirit. The beginnings of the stories are somewhat similar in that there was basically nothing before the main entity or creator came into being.
After the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C., three kingdoms emerged from the empire: Antigonids in Macedonia, Seleucid in the Near East, and the Ptolemaic in Egypt. These three kingdoms marked the Hellenistic Age and the cosmopolitan culture that was different from the classical Greek traditions. The domestic trade routes between each respective regions were initially pushed by the kings in order to create a self-sufficient country instead of solely depending on international trade with other nations. This allowed for a rapid movement of culture to a society that quickly began to regard the accumulation of the cosmopolitan view of the world as important; duly, this created a wide expanse of interest and accessibility to the idea of learning. The increased prosperity from the open trade created a new era of homogenized culture between the kingdoms.
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.
Ancient Egypt was the most advance civilization of antiquity. They had fairly advance Medicine, Architecture, Religion, and were also wise in philosophy. Greek culture learned a lot from Egypt, and they constantly referred to them and sought to find their ancestors in Egypt. The Nile was a fundamental element for the flourishing of the civilization of ancient Egypt, most of the population of cities were in the Nile valley and the Delta. The Nile was vital to Egyptian culture from the stone age.
Ancient Greek culture is majorly influential in Western culture. Major works of literature, art, and political structure from ancient Greece remain relevant to modern Western society. However one can contrast these two societies by observing and valuing the art of ancient Greece. One can differentiate ancient Greek culture and modern Western culture by analyzing the treatment of religious figures, attitude towards emotion, and reaction towards nudity in each society. Ancient Greece was a polytheistic society.
There are hundreds of motifs scattered throughout the world about many vastly different creation myths. There are some myths linked with only a few motifs, and they originated from the same continent. Then there are also myths which originated from the other side of the world and share so many motifs one would think they were just a hundred miles away. With so many different motifs, it remains unclear and unproven as to how so many different cultures can share the same theory about how Earth and humans were created. Although there are so many fascinating motifs about the creation of the world and everything on it, I believe these three are the most common motifs shared by creation myths: nothingness (chaos) in the beginning of time, humans
Hellenistic culture was a blend of Hellenism and Near Eastern cultures from when the Greeks and Macedonians entered Asia and Egypt and encountered eastern cultures. In this period, the supremacy of monarchy replaced the polis as the main political unit of society for the Greeks. The kingdom was dominant in political affairs. The polis only served as an administrative and cultural unit but did not have any political power. Hellenistic monarchies spread Greek culture, and the Greeks were influence by the societies they conquered.
In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting the creation myths of Brahma, the Hindu Creator God, and The Ennead of Heliopolis of Ancient Egypt. I will be highlighting the following; how, according to these cultures, did the world begin, how did humans originate, are there any thematic similarities between the creation myths of these two cultures, what are the most striking differences and do they have any beliefs about how the world will end, or do they believe in some kind of cyclical renewal of creation. Brahma is the Hindu Creator god:
Ancient Civilizations of the ancient world have explained a lot of things in our present days, but what makes it so great is that it’s architecture. The ancient Greek and Ancient Roman are very rich and variable history and culture, but also they had similarities and differences The Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman civilizations had some differences although they are very close to each other. First, they had different social systems; the ancient Greek divided their social systems into five categories: slaves, freedmen, metics, citizens and women , and in the ancient Greek women were not given a position they were like to be less than slaves, but in the ancient Roman civilization they dived into four categories: freedmen, slaves, plebians and patricians, and women were considered citizen if they were not born into slavery, however they were not able to hold any position or vote. Second, The ancient Greek created and developed the three famous classical orders which is Doric, Ionic and Corinthian, On the other hand Ancient Roman took the classical order with making minor differences and created the arch and used it in their buildings.
The Warwick debate provides approaches to the study of nationalism. It laid the foundation for the development of two approaches to the study of nationalism. The first approach is Smith’s primordial approach and the other is Gillnets modernist approach. Smith’s argument begins with the definition of nationalism and the difference between a state and a nation.
