The Creator In Chinese Cosmogony
Creation myths provide answers to the questions about our origin. This curiosity normally starts as a child when you ask your parent where you came from.
The Creator in Chinese cosmogony is P' an Ku, who in some references evolved in a "gigantic cosmic egg" (Mythica). He is depicted with two horns on his head a hammer and chisel. The hammer and the chisel were his instruments for creation. Initially he is said to be a short man with leaf or bearskin garments. However, in the eighteen thousand years that he worked, he grew 6 feet every day. Finally, he sacrificed himself to bring this work to life and his body became the world. In from Werner's book, this is a list of what became of P' an Ku's body:
His head became the mountains,
his …show more content…
One of these similarity is that they both began from Chao (Exnihilo). However, the creators in these myths appeared differently. P' an Ku came from an egg, while Atum rose out of the water silence on top on of Ben-Ben, a primordial hill.
Another difference in these two stories is the method used to create the world. The theme in the story of Atum was birth, he birthed children, who birthed children that were the earth and sky. Alternatively, birth wasn’t mentioned in P' an Ku's story, he himself became the earth without having any children. Another comparison of the two is how humans came into exsitence. Human beings in Egyptian cosmogony came from the creators tears, while in Chinese cosmogony it was from the creators sweat that humans arose.
A bit different from both Egyptian and Chinese cosmogony, Norse creation emphasizes that creation is a continuous story of creators creating creators. However, like many other stories, existence began from chaos. Additionally, in the same way P' an Ku's sweat created humans, Ymir's sweat created more giants. These giants in turn killed Ymir and used his body to create the world. As a result, the narrative is similar to the Chinese creation
The Creator in Chinese cosmogony is P' an Ku, who in some references evolved in a "gigantic cosmic egg" (Mythica). He is depicted with two horns on his head a hammer and chisel. The hammer and the chisel were his instruments for creation. Initially he is said to be a short man with leaf or bearskin garments. However, in the eighteen thousand years that he worked, he grew 6 feet every day. Finally, he sacrificed himself to bring this work to life and his body became the world. In from Werner's book, this is a list of what became of P' an Ku's body:
His head became the mountains,
his …show more content…
One of these similarity is that they both began from Chao (Exnihilo). However, the creators in these myths appeared differently. P' an Ku came from an egg, while Atum rose out of the water silence on top on of Ben-Ben, a primordial hill.
Another difference in these two stories is the method used to create the world. The theme in the story of Atum was birth, he birthed children, who birthed children that were the earth and sky. Alternatively, birth wasn’t mentioned in P' an Ku's story, he himself became the earth without having any children. Another comparison of the two is how humans came into exsitence. Human beings in Egyptian cosmogony came from the creators tears, while in Chinese cosmogony it was from the creators sweat that humans arose.
A bit different from both Egyptian and Chinese cosmogony, Norse creation emphasizes that creation is a continuous story of creators creating creators. However, like many other stories, existence began from chaos. Additionally, in the same way P' an Ku's sweat created humans, Ymir's sweat created more giants. These giants in turn killed Ymir and used his body to create the world. As a result, the narrative is similar to the Chinese creation