Five Creation Myths After reading five myths about the creation of the universe‚ I can identify several similarities and differences that appear in the stories. The most obvious similarity in the stories is the presence of a god (or goddess) t hat brought the universe to its present state. He or she brought light from darkness‚ produced sea and land to make the Earth‚ and populated it with plant and animal life. Differences are easy to spot too. Different landscapes
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In the Hebrew creation myth‚ we are presented with the idea‚ that God created the earth in seven days. It was all him‚ the divine creator‚ not faulty‚ but great and absolute. Ever since I was confronted with what was supposed to be my myth of creation‚ I was never quite happy with it. I found the idea of an earth created by someone rather than someone created by the earth to be against nature. It spoke against what I believed the earth to be. Divine‚ wonderful and distinctively itself. I went on
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of Botswana‚ with the Kalahari in the southwest. There are several major ethnic groups in Botswana. Most Botswanans are black Africans called Tswana‚ and the largest group of the Tswana are the Bamangwato. The Bamangwato make up almost one third of Botswana’s population. The majority of the Tswana are farmers. There are also about 10‚000 of the San people‚ or "Bushmen". Some San are hunter-gatherers‚ and some are farmers. Several thousand whites are also included in Botswana’s population. Most
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versions of the creation myth for Orion starts with a poor shepherd named Hyrieus. One day Zeus‚ Hermes‚ and Poseidon stopped by Hyrieus’ house‚ and Hyrieus killed the only animal he had for his guests. His generosity was rewarded with one wish. He wished for a child. The Gods told him to bury the hide of bull he had sacrificed and to pee on it. After nine months a boy was born in that place. The child grew to be a very strong‚ and handsome man. As
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Sinem Ersoy ENG2D6 Mr.Wade Creation Myth-India In the Indian creation myth it is believed that world is created‚ destroyed‚ re-created in eternally repetitive series of cycles. It moves from one Maha Yuga to the next‚ and each Maha Yuga contains four yugas each worse than the last one. The creator of the earth is only one god but it goes through many phases. Vishnu is his name and he is Brahma first as the creator of the world. Then he is Vishnu‚ preserver of life on earth. Finally he
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The two creation myths In the Apache Creation Story it starts out with with no earth‚ sky‚ sun‚ or moon we only had darkness. Then there was was a thin disc‚ on one side it was yellow and on the other it was white. Within the disc sat a small bearded man‚ the creator‚ the one‚ Who Lives Above. When he looked into the darkness appeared light. When he looked down a sea of light appeared. After that he rubbed his hands and threw them down a shining cloud appeared with a little girl on top. “Stand up
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Native American tribes have all had their own creation myths‚ a few of these tribes are the Iroquois‚ the Okanogan‚ and the Karankawa. The stories that these people created were used by parents to tell children the places they come from‚ or why they live their life the way that they do. These stories include “The World on the Turtle’s Back”‚ and the story of the “Coyote and the Buffalo”. These stories were told by the Iroquois and the Okanogan. The Iroquois told the story of “The World on the Turtles
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stories have not only differences‚ but also similarities. African and Iroquois cultures seem on the surface to have nothing in common‚ especially because they are from different parts of the world. However‚ they both share fundamental values. The myths “The Golden Chain” from Africa and “The World on the Turtle’s Back” from the Iroquois culture‚ are similar in the fact that they both value simplicity and a deity figure. Iroquois and African myths both include the presence of basic forms of nature‚ examples
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The story "The world on a turtle’s back" is an Iroquois myth while the story "The story of corn and medicine" is a Cherokee myth. While reading two stories "The world on a turtle’s back" and "The story of corn and medicine" countless people may notice innumerable objects. Those that read the stories may have detected four similarities in both of the stories. They may have also observed four differences in both of the stories. In various creation myth stories‚ there are multiple similarities and differences
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Greek and Christian Creation Myth In Christian mythology‚ the earth and the heavens were created by God. He started with making with the sun which was day‚ and the moon which was night‚ then to making the waters separated by land‚ then the plants and trees. He made seasons‚ days‚ and years. He then made animals in the water and land. Lastly‚ he made a man a women so the can reproduce. Where in Greek mythology the world‚ earth‚ and everything from hell and heavens was created by the first
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