The need for understanding plagues humanity. Our brains work tirelessly categorizing identifying, and creating patterns, relentlessly translating and processing the world around us. This is even the case while we slumber. According to the Activation Synthesis Theory of dreaming even when we are asleep we are trying to make sense of the haphazard cues, details and various stimuli festering in our subconscious. Burdened with the constant desire to understand and make sense of our environment, humans have established various theories and stories contributing to a greater understanding of general human purpose and origin. Creation myths are among those. From Hera to Anu, humans past and present utilize creation myths as a sort of navigational
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Creation myths were creation myths because they 1. not only answered general questions regarding human existence but in that process also 2. provided order and expelled chaos, 3. distinguishing and enabling civilization to come to be; at their core created to create. With this in mind it is interesting to note that even today creation “myths” work at the basis of society, and social interactions, consisting of mechanisms and stories we tell ourselves when relating to the world around us, functioning as blueprints for day to day lives and providing with a broad generalized understanding of the world around us and a general sense of purpose. Seemingly ‘antiquated’ ideas on social class and hierarchies originally introduced in such creation myths can even still be seen at work today. Science, even, if we are looking at creation myths under the above listed criteria may also fall vaguely under the term ‘creation myth’ and new ones have replaced old ones and so forth. In terms of my own views of creation myths I would merely want for it to answer questions regarding my general existence and
Creation myths were creation myths because they 1. not only answered general questions regarding human existence but in that process also 2. provided order and expelled chaos, 3. distinguishing and enabling civilization to come to be; at their core created to create. With this in mind it is interesting to note that even today creation “myths” work at the basis of society, and social interactions, consisting of mechanisms and stories we tell ourselves when relating to the world around us, functioning as blueprints for day to day lives and providing with a broad generalized understanding of the world around us and a general sense of purpose. Seemingly ‘antiquated’ ideas on social class and hierarchies originally introduced in such creation myths can even still be seen at work today. Science, even, if we are looking at creation myths under the above listed criteria may also fall vaguely under the term ‘creation myth’ and new ones have replaced old ones and so forth. In terms of my own views of creation myths I would merely want for it to answer questions regarding my general existence and