Hebrew stories had their God/ god speak things into creation. On the third day both the Egyptians and hebrew gods/ God made the earth. The Egyptian Creation Epic says “Shu and Tefnut produced Geb‚the Earth‚ and Nut‚ the Sky ”(9). The bible says in Genesis 1:9 “And God said‚ ‘Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place‚ and let dry ground appear.’ And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground ‘land‚’ and the gathered waters he called ‘seas.’ And God saw that it was
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Order vs. Chaos Respected Storm God’s in ancient mythological literary works such as the Enuma Elish‚ The Baal Cycle‚ and both versions of the Illuyanka Myth play an important role in associating cultural beliefs with the defeat of chaos. These three works show a variety of ways in which the Storm God defeats dragon-like monsters and how the gods bestow their trust in the Storm God to maintain order‚ as the Storm God is the protector of all creation. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast
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I began fussing with the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Enuma Elish because a group of people with whom I work were curious about Noah. And I can’t‚ of course‚ teach about Noah and the Flood without teaching about the different creation stories in Genesis 1 and 2. And I most assuredly can’t do them any credit if I don’t make a nod to other Ancient Near East literature. (Utterly unrelated to the task at hand‚ this little nugget from Gilgamesh [and I love it that my spell-checker knows this word without
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don’t believe either the Biblical Maximalists or Biblical Minimalists are correct; the bible is not completely historically accurate‚ nor is it completely inaccurate. The bible‚ especially Genesis‚ may be based on some historical occurrences‚ but is exaggerated and includes untrue stories. I think stories in Genesis were created‚ based on some historical events to provide explanations to how and why we were created. The explanation couldn’t be disproven at the time‚ but now with Darwinism and the big
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Erika Costa CLT3378: Essay 1 Battle of the Gods vs. Goddesses: Enuma Elish and Baal Cycle Collectively‚ epics of creation are well known for the world gradually going through the change from being completely chaotic to fairly and orderly. Looking specifically at Enuma Elish and the Ugaritic Baal Cycle‚ each depicts female and male gods in particular and unique ways. In successfully contrasting the males and females in these works‚ similarities are also therefore notably highlighted throughout
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God vs. Dragon-like Creature The Babylonian‚ Enuma Elish‚ and the Canaanite group of poems‚ Baal Cycle‚ are both mythological works in which a storm god battles a dragon-like monster. This war between storm gods and dragon-like monsters show readers similarities from one culture to the next. The classification in each work illustrates a specific scene in which a dragon-like monster and a storm god have a hostile encounter with one another. In Enuma Elish‚ Tiamat‚ the dragon-like creature‚ better known
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and animals were created. These myths give cultures the security of belief. Different cultures believe differently‚ but these beliefs help certain cultures to continue to face problems or issues‚ worship‚ and create happiness and peace. The Enuma Elish Apsu‚ the father of Sweet Waters and Tiamat‚ Mother of Salt Waters created 3 unruly children. The children gods were just being children‚ but unfortunately they were disrupting Tiamat’s peace. She grew to hate their behavior and asked Apsu to
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discuss how this ritual fulfills the four functions of ritual and explain how this ritual does or does not include the classic elements of initiation rites. 3. Contrast any two of the following four creation stories: Enuma Elish‚ Hymn to Aton‚ and the 2 creation stories in Genesis with respect to the historical context and basic narrative of each story. How would Mircea Eliade analyze these
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of Ancient Israel- Monotheism‚ Myths/Stories Religion of Near Eastern- Polytheism (worship of Gods/Goddesses)‚ Corpus of literature that circulated (Epic of Gilgamesh‚ Canonical texts)‚ Myths/stories about the origin of the world (Atraphasis‚ Enuma Elish)‚ Life after death (Pyramids). 2. For Mosaic Authorship- Against Mosaic Authorship- Various repetitions and contradictions; Torah is the work of many compilations of tradition after the time of Moses; Different names for God (Yahweh/ Elohim/Jehovah)
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role in these myths‚ and are not to be forgotten. Gaea for example protected Zeus from being eaten by Cronos‚ and without Zeus a very important part of the plot would be missing. However‚ when you analyze The Enuma Elish‚ and the Chinese creation myths it is not nearly as clear. In The Enuma Elish you can see that this society was most like patriarchal as well‚ but women may have played a larger role. Although Marduk is the champion god‚ and king god by the end
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