Difference Between Different Creation Myths

Normally, as someone who is highly invested in the idea of science and creation, there is a lack of understanding when it comes to thinking about the different myths of creation. For me, creation all started when a group of molecules happened to join together and eventually evolved into the many organisms that are seen every day. It never occurred to me that there is such a difference between different creation myths. During the first couple of weeks in the semester it became clear that creation is rooted in many cultures in diverse ways.
In the beginning of the semester we discussed the creation myth of "Genesis". To story begins with God creating the earth and it follows with the well known phrase, "And God said, Let there be light: and there was …show more content…
I read a creation myth from the Cherokee titled "How the World Was Made." This creation myth stated that the world was created from a beetle. "Then it dived to the bottom and came up with some soft mud, which began to grow and spread on every side until it became the island which we call the Earth," (Myths of the Cherokee, pg. 87). I could understand this more than Genesis because it showed a process and it was not a snap of the fingers that God had done. I started to think about if there even needed to be a process at all. I then read the Iroquois' creation myth titled "The Creation." There creation is based on animals and that earth was just an island in the sky separated by clouds. This myth seems to focus creation on the inhabitants of earth rather than earth itself. I can appreciate this because the spiritual creation of animals seems more probable to me then the spiritual creation of earth. "One day the Great Ruler said to his people: "We will make a new place where another people may grow,"" (Iroquois, pg. 36). I thought this was interesting because it seems that the Iroquois believe that the planet itself was already