Why Are Creation Myths Important?

A weird feature that we have is the ability to have concepts and ideas and adventures inside our brains that we can’t logically prove (“The Role of Mythology”). I think creation myths have more in common than expected. Although very different, there is always something connecting each myth together. Every culture has different sets of myths on how everything became how it is today. Most speak of a powerful essence with mighty powers beyond what humanity could ever dream of doing. These myths carried from generation to generation, each time changing slightly (“Creation Myths of Civilizations”). In Greek myths there god's creating and shaping our world. In Norse myths, there is fire and ice and giants. In American Indian myths, there are animals …show more content…
Then the Earth came from the nothingness. The Earth gave birth to the sky. Then she married him and they had many children. Their children overthrew the sky and ruled the world. Soon they had children who overthrew them. They are known the gods. The gods have lots of misunderstandings and are very flawed. Hades kidnapped somebody, Zeus chained a titan to a mountain, Athena made a human spider after she got mad at a mortal. The Norse myths are very complex. There are many gods and goddesses and many giants too. They all play a part in how our world formed, but the main focus of Norse myths isn’t on how we came to Earth. Instead, it focuses on gods and goddesses like Loki, Thor, Freya, and Odin. They were a few of many astonishing gods in the Norse myths. Before the Vikings became Christians, they believed in these gods and had an elaborate and complicated native religion (McCoy).
In Norse myths, it starts with a land covered in ice, and a land covered by raging fires. Between these two lands was Ginnungagap. The ice reached toward Ginnungagap and the fire spread. The ice started to melt, and from the ice appeared Ymir. Ymir slept, and as he slept a man and a woman came from his sweat. Then came a six-headed