Perhaps the most intriguing question mankind has faced is the creation of the world. This is an impossible question that mankind has attempted to answer since the beginning of our very existence. Stories and myths about our creation have been around for thousands of years, but two stories particularly stand out. The Bible’s Genesis, written by Moses around 1500 B.C., and Ovid’s Metamorphosis, written around 8 A.D., are the most famous accounts attempting to explain the creation of existence. Genesis and Metamorphosis share many similarities as well as many differences, making each story unique in its own way.
To start, there are many differences between Genesis and Metamorphosis. Ovid's motivation for writing Metamorphosis is outfitted more towards clarifying creation as it happens, while Genesis states that God is in charge of the world's presence today. This is due to the Bible being a religious writing meant to attract people to Christianity; while Metamorphosis is meant solely as an explanation. This further leads to a the question of a supreme being. In Metamorphosis Ovid is not clear when he talks about who is responsible for creation, but instead states that “Some god, or superior nature, settled this conflict, Splitting earth from heaven, sea from …show more content…
Both were written to answer the question about the creation of existence. In both stories, earth is described as being dark and shapeless before a powerful being created light. An example of this is when Ovid states “Nature’s face was one throughout the universe, Chaos as they call it: a crude, unsorted mass”(Ovid 5), and when Genesis states that “earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep”(Genesis 1:2). Metamorphoses and Genesis are similar in that they both depict how humankind was good and pure but fell into sin. In both stories, a higher being creates a flood to kill all living things on earth and start
To start, there are many differences between Genesis and Metamorphosis. Ovid's motivation for writing Metamorphosis is outfitted more towards clarifying creation as it happens, while Genesis states that God is in charge of the world's presence today. This is due to the Bible being a religious writing meant to attract people to Christianity; while Metamorphosis is meant solely as an explanation. This further leads to a the question of a supreme being. In Metamorphosis Ovid is not clear when he talks about who is responsible for creation, but instead states that “Some god, or superior nature, settled this conflict, Splitting earth from heaven, sea from …show more content…
Both were written to answer the question about the creation of existence. In both stories, earth is described as being dark and shapeless before a powerful being created light. An example of this is when Ovid states “Nature’s face was one throughout the universe, Chaos as they call it: a crude, unsorted mass”(Ovid 5), and when Genesis states that “earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep”(Genesis 1:2). Metamorphoses and Genesis are similar in that they both depict how humankind was good and pure but fell into sin. In both stories, a higher being creates a flood to kill all living things on earth and start