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Compare and contrast the christian creation stories
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Another character that can be refered back to the story of Adam and Eve is
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.
Even though both stories do end up with the creation of earth the way they got there is a bit different. In Genesis it is stated that only one God created all of life but in Enuma Elish it was said that there were multiple gods whom have worked with individual jobs. In the Cosmogony, the first part of Enuma Elish that described the creation of the universe, Apsu and Tiamat were the only two gods who existed in the beginning of the story but were only set of water. The gods begin to form and create the earth but made a disturbance while doing so which had upset Apsu, so he tried to destroy them but later is stoped by
The story, "The Help Meet" by Seth Fried is an excellent story were it explains how story of Adam and Eve. The story is about how God created Eve for Adam and a new form of life has begun. Fried explains the traditional story in a more modern way of describing God creation of Eve for Adam. The story shows a sexist view stating women being the second sex and men being the primary sex. The story goes to show how throughout history women have always been second to men.
There are similarities and differences to be found in the stories through God’s provisions, the father/son relationships, and their tones.
It was that simple” (Cisneros 96). In comparison, the story of The Garden of Eden in Genesis consists
S.E. Hinton realistic-fiction novel, ‘‘The Outsiders,’’ It takes place with the main character Ponyboy and his crew and with them, and the Socs fighting each other all the time they see each other. Some people think the central theme is ‘‘Hating’’ but, I argue it is ‘‘Respect everyone’’ as evidenced by Hinton use of descriptive language, dialogue, and sentences. From the beginning, Ponyboy talks about his brothers, being a Greaser, and how it is being a Greaser and the members of the group. Hinton had also told about how Darry (Ponyboys older brother) treats Ponyboy bad but for Darry he just looking out for Ponyboy (pg.2-3).
The story of Popol Vuh and the book of Genesis are almost the same. These stories have so much in common you would think they were written by the same person. They also have their differences that help tell them apart. The similarities and differences suggest some things about myths around the world.
The bible is classic form of literature that many refer to in many forms, and East of Eden by John Steinbeck is one of the more famous examples of creating an entire story based on an allusion to the bible. Steinbeck borrows many elements from the bible that allow the reader to be captivated in his ideas, and he does this very methodically in order to retain those readers. East of Eden, a classic American novel, borrowed content from the bible in order to establish the theme that as humans we are able to indulge in knowledge of the world and sin A classical allusion to the bible is the description of the evil “character of Lilith.” Per Merriam-Webster, this biblical character is defined as, “A female figure who in rabbinic legend is Adam’s
The two stories of creation, written by two Priestly and Yahwist creators, recount the tale of how the world was made. These stories talk about three truths spoken by God's word and how they are explained to pass on the significance of God and his relationship with humankind, humankind’s relationship with humankind and their relationship with the Earth as good people. The record of the world's creation tends to how the land and ocean, night and day, and all the living things like people became and how they are always motivated in there everyday life. God as the creator, uncovers the connection amongst mankind and all things and portrays his desires of humanity going about as agents of Earth. God’s relationship is very significant with humankind,
1. What phenomenon or practice does each story seek to explain? Pay close attention to the power relationships. Each study seeks to explain origin myth and creation myths. For instance, in the story titled, How the World was made discusses about how the world was constructed, how it began, and how people first came to inhabit it which is a origin myth..
They both had primary people Adam and Eve and Sky women. In both stories they had sons in the Iroquois story Sky Woman has twins, one of them named Sapling who was kind and gentle similar to Jesus. Sky Women's sons began adding to the earth. Her other son was evil and destroyed all Saplings work and created everything bad.
The judeo-Christian story is very well known creation story. The Christian religion is very familiar to this story. The other story is called Iroquois creation this is a Native American story of how the Earth came to a beginning. There is many similarities and differences in this story. One of the differences is that in the Christian story the Earth was made by God.
One of the main similarities between these two stories is the fact that there are god(s) involved in the creation of life on earth. Even though Genesis says that there is one god and Popol Vuh says there are many, both stories are about the trial and error the gods face while trying to create humanity. The god in Genesis makes the mistake of letting Adam and Eve roam free in the Garden of Eden assuming they will not eat from the tree of knowledge. Of course, they eat from the tree, with encouragement from a serpent, and were banned from the garden. Later on in the story, “God saw the wickedness of man”(Genesis 70), and so there could be a fresh start, God decided to kill all humans, besides Noah and his ark, with a flood.
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
