The Forces of Creation
From a long time ago, myths were created to provide an explanation about nature, the birth of the universe and other phenomena that are not easy to understand. Some cultures adopt different facts to find such explanation. The book of Genesis explains about the beginning and creation of nature (15); meanwhile, the Chinese beliefs are based on a cosmic egg that mix the two forces of the Yin and Yang (27). These creation stories help humans to understand where they came from and how the world began, setting up a belief system in their cultures.
Firstly, one of the most important issues in the Hebrew culture is the religion, which has an important sociological influence. The Bible, the Sacred Scriptures, describe numerous …show more content…
Both of them, have a supreme being and sometimes may be two, as Pan Gu and the Goddess Nu Gua. In addition, they also explain the good and evil; in other words, the opposite side of the things. Although, these two stories have some similarities, there are also some facts that make remarkable differences between them. The Hebrew creation Myth has only one Supreme Being who created everything. He does not have a human form. At the same time, the Chinese story speaks about the forces of Yin and Yang, and also about Pan Gu and Nu Gua who had a physical representation. In the Hebrew story, a God was who created humans in his own image, and in the Chinese story, it was the goddess Nu Gua who created humans inspired by her own reflection. Furthermore, in the Hebrew story god created everything by the spoken word, for example: “… and God said, Let there be light; and there was light.” (15). Moreover, in the Chinese story Pan Gu pushed yang to the heavens and yin to the Earth. After Pan Gu collapsed, his left eye became in the sun and the right in the moon, his breath the wind and the clouds, his voice in the thunder, his four limbs in the four cardinal points, and his blood in the rivers (28). In other words, the physical representation of Pan Gu was a source of
From a long time ago, myths were created to provide an explanation about nature, the birth of the universe and other phenomena that are not easy to understand. Some cultures adopt different facts to find such explanation. The book of Genesis explains about the beginning and creation of nature (15); meanwhile, the Chinese beliefs are based on a cosmic egg that mix the two forces of the Yin and Yang (27). These creation stories help humans to understand where they came from and how the world began, setting up a belief system in their cultures.
Firstly, one of the most important issues in the Hebrew culture is the religion, which has an important sociological influence. The Bible, the Sacred Scriptures, describe numerous …show more content…
Both of them, have a supreme being and sometimes may be two, as Pan Gu and the Goddess Nu Gua. In addition, they also explain the good and evil; in other words, the opposite side of the things. Although, these two stories have some similarities, there are also some facts that make remarkable differences between them. The Hebrew creation Myth has only one Supreme Being who created everything. He does not have a human form. At the same time, the Chinese story speaks about the forces of Yin and Yang, and also about Pan Gu and Nu Gua who had a physical representation. In the Hebrew story, a God was who created humans in his own image, and in the Chinese story, it was the goddess Nu Gua who created humans inspired by her own reflection. Furthermore, in the Hebrew story god created everything by the spoken word, for example: “… and God said, Let there be light; and there was light.” (15). Moreover, in the Chinese story Pan Gu pushed yang to the heavens and yin to the Earth. After Pan Gu collapsed, his left eye became in the sun and the right in the moon, his breath the wind and the clouds, his voice in the thunder, his four limbs in the four cardinal points, and his blood in the rivers (28). In other words, the physical representation of Pan Gu was a source of