All around people use myths to describe how the world and life came to be. But some of these myths use information that is used in other myths‚ we call these motifs. Why do you think so many cultures have so many similarities? Did anyone of you ever think why so many myths use similar information even when they were seas away? Scientists have asked themselves this question of so many years‚ why do cultures that were seas away have these similarities? There are some motifs that people see more important
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’How do the writers of the bible explain the concepts of God as creater?’ In the bible there is two main creation stories; genesis one and genesis two. Each of these are very different concepts of God as creater. In genesis one the world is created by God in six days‚ and on the seveneth day God rests. On the first day God created light‚ on the second day God created day and night‚ on the third day God created earth‚ on the fourth day God created sky‚ on the fifth day God created sea and fish
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RELIGION EN MESOPOTAMIA Contexto Histórico La creación de los textos escogidos se enmarca en la poderosa civilización que vivió en la región de Mesopotamia‚ ubicada entre los ríos Tigris y Éufrates. Ésta ha sido llamada muchas veces la “cuna de la civilización”‚ y es el lugar de donde proceden los vestigios de escritura más antiguos que se conocen (junto a los jeroglíficos egipcios)‚ además de uno de los sistemas de legislación más antiguos. En Mesopotamia habitaron diversos pueblos
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becomes king‚ greater than all the Gods‚ after slaying the God Tiamat. Then later the defeat and capture of Tiamat’s army and commander Kingu. "He made the stars‚ star-groups and constellations and determined the year‚ marked out its divisions‚ for each of the twelve months appointed three stars as he traced lines for the mighty Gods." In doing this he set up the astrological seasons for a calendar. After cutting the body of Tiamat in two‚ he made the Earth having the sun and moon come in and out
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Elsih has many gods and Genisis only has one. The creation of many things in the world are different in the stories. For example the creation of animals. God creates animals to inhabit Earth and saw that they were good. In the Enuma Elish Tiamat creates monsters to assist her in battle with Marduk. Many Babylonians believe that this is meant to explain the creation of animals. The creation of humans is different also. God makes Adam in his likeness. His purpose was to watch over
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Every religion has their own creation story‚ which goes into detail on how our universe was established and who were the ones behind the construction of everything that we see today. Some of the main texts about creation are Genesis‚ Enuma Elish‚ and the Memphite Theology. Although these texts have their creation story rooted in a similar region‚ there are some contrasts on how the world was created‚ and through what methods the world came to be. These distinct creation stories also give an insight
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Nomahlubi Hadebe HDBNOM004 Religion Tutorial response 1 Tutor: Zakarial Asmal. The Regeneration that shaped the corrosion. This essay aims to‚ through the analysis of the cosmogonies and eschatology’s of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia ‚ focusing on the theme of water and using it as tool to identify and explore the myths‚ symbols ‚rituals and environment Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. At the outset it will be discussed how the myth and illustrates and articulates the relationship
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Genesis 1 and Genesis 2‚ Genesis 1 creation begins with God’s word‚ and in Genesis 2 the creation begins with God’s actions suggesting that God had a desire to create the world. Whereas in Enuma Elish‚ creation comes about when Marduk seeks revenge on Tiamat. Therefore‚ the world was created in a more chaotic‚ violent‚ competitive‚ war filled world. In the Judeo- Christian myths however‚ God creates the world and its beings for each other; the first three days he
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characterizes it as something evil because it is an obstacle for God to overcome to continue creating. Further examples can be seen in the combat myths. As seen in the Baal cycle‚ Yamm is the sea and is also the evil force. Similarly in Enuma Elish‚ Tiamat is the evil sea monster. He was the evil force and his evil is symbolized through his associated with the
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Many early civilizations were miles apart‚ but traders were still able to travel to other lands to trade and make contact with other civilizations that were very different. Mesopotamian and Indus civilizations were two of the many civilizations that would have travelled to each other’s land to trade goods. However‚ because the Mesopotamian and Indus merchants were from different cultures‚ they would have viewed each other’s civilizations very differently. For example‚ a Mesopotamian could have
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