Francis Schaeffer and James W. Sire present a views of the universe that reflects judeo-scripture in their works. They describe the ideas that God created the universe to be good, and that God continues to oversee and Shepard all that lies within it. God did not simply form the earth with aimless intentions. He had an eternal detailed plan for all He created and would create, and all that He made had a good and holy purpose. In Genesis in Space and Time, Schaeffer conveys it as, “A doxology of all creation-everything glorifying God on its own level” (56).
In the book, Summerland, the legend of Ragnarok is alluded to as ‘Ragged Rock’, and is the event that Ethan is trying to prevent. There are many differences and similarities between Summerland’s ‘Ragged Rock’ and Norse mythology’s ‘Ragnarok’ such as both of the terms meaning the end of the worlds in their respective stories. If one knew the tale of Ragnarok before reading the book, then it would be easier to understand Summerland because one would know where Chabon got the term ‘Ragged Rock’ from. Also, the novel does not mention or paint a clear picture of what exactly ‘Ragged Rock’ is and what happens during it.
Around the year 1000 Eriksson sailed from Greenland to Norway. King Olaf I, THE KING OF Norway to change his religion to Christianity (before it was Norse Paganism.) On the return from Norway to spread Christianity, Leif's fleet The Saga of Erik the Red are said to have drifted off course on the return voyage home and land in North America, there are two different opinions of him going to North America, one was Leif stumbled upon the island like what it says above, and the other version is that he had sailed there intentionally after learning of the region from earlier explorers. No one knows where exactly Leif landed. In 1963 people found ruins of an 11th century Viking settlement that had over 2,000 Viking objects.
Motifs in Creation Myths There are many different motifs in creation myths. Creation myths can be so similar but so different at the same time. As I studied through the different creation myths I noticed that some might use organic materials to make humans or some might have one creator and another have 2 creators or some might even create humans for the same reason(s). Regardless of the similarities and differences, each creation myth is unique in its own special way. All together, almost every creation myth the creators are trying to reach the same end goal.
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..
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.
Rosenberg, Donna. World Mythology. “The Creation Cycle. The Five Worlds and Their Suns”. Lincolnwood, Illinois: NTC Publishing Group, 1994.
As we have seen, the introduction of Christianity to the Vikings had significantly contributed to the end of the Viking Age in mid 11th Century, not only due to the persuasive Christian missionaries, and the realization of the benefits of Christianity, but also the forcible nature of Scandinavia king’s conversion of their subjects (which will be looked into in more detailed in due course). One must bear in mind that most of the evidence we have on the conversion of the Vikings is through archaeological excavations, as Gareth Williams explains that “we can see it in the archaeological evidences [that] Pagans buried their dead with grave goods, but Christians normally didn't, and this makes it relatively easy to spot the change in religion.”
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.
Each every creation myth is unique in its own way. Of course, creation myths have their similarities, but each of them has at least one detail that separates them from every other myth. The question is how those similarities came about, considering for some of these groups that didn’t even know that each other existed. It would have nearly impossible and extremely unlikely for them to communicate with each other let alone, share their stories with each other. Yet, despite this there are some extremely common themes and events throughout these myths.
The Old Norse Religion or Norse Paganism were practised traditions by the Norsemen prior to the Christianization of Scandinavia, dating as far back to roughly 793-1066 CE. This religion was separated, and categorized into three different families; the Æsir, Vanir and Jotnar; these were all polytheistic groups. The Æsir tribe contained some of the best-known Norse Gods and goddesses such as Odin, Thor, Frigg, Tyr, Loki, Baldur, Heimdall, Idun, and Bragi1. These Gods represented kingship, order, craft, etc. The Vanir were Gods and Goddesses such as Freya, Freyr, Njord and the Germanic Goddess Nerthus.
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
During the Baroque period artists strived to propel themselves away from the idealism of the Renaissance and instead pursued the path of naturalism. This era of art was filled with dynamic images and the artists at this time were desperately attempting to capture a single moment of time in their artwork. One such artist was Diego Velazquez, who longed to utilize his artistic abilities in order to advance his position in society. He believed that their was no nobler profession than that of an artist, and so he sought to prove his value through his creative talent. He succeeded in his quest because his paintings garnered him critical acclaim and earned him the praise of the monarchs of his time.
Nuclear energy, a remarkable game changer in the 20th century, is an important energy source in people’s daily life nowadays. It is the newest method to generate electricity through nuclear reactions in power plants. What makes nuclear energy an outstanding game changer? It is believed that nuclear energy has its influential breakthroughs and right timing for it to succeed. Until now, nuclear energy is still developing to a higher status, likely to become the dominating energy source in the future.
Floating about in all types of literature, there are many legends as to how the earth was created; these legends are known as creation myths. A creation myth offers answers to questions that ask how the earth was created, and explains the social customs of today as well as the workings of the natural world by telling an elaborate story. The Cherokee Indians have spread their beliefs on this topic throughout generations through oral tradition. Recent authors have taken these myths to paper to preserve history and to spread them even further around the world. “How the World Was Made” is a creation myth that not only offers an abundance of information regarding the origin of earth, but also supports the social traditions of today’s society and attempts to explain the intangible, natural workings of the world.
