Deluge myth

Judeo-Christian Creation Story: Heavens and earth. Day one, God said let there be light. and there was evening and morning. day two, the vault was created to separate both seas and was called the ‘sky’. Day three, water gathered in one place and there was now land and seas. There were also trees and plants and fruits and vegetation. Day four, the moon the sun and the stars were created to separate day from night. Day five, Birds and fish were created. One for the sky the other for the seas. Day…

If you believe God gave you the Earth, that He created the Earth for you, how far are you willing to go to preserve this precious gift? Over 6,000 years ago God artistically, and with intention, created a masterpiece and put Adam and Eve in it “to work it and take care of it.” (Gen. 2:15, NIV) He spent 6 marvelous days creating intrinsic details to every speck of being we see today, then he entrusted our descendants, and us, to care for this gift. However, today our environment struggles with…

Jonathan bell 2/27/14 Norse creation myth In the beginning nothing existed except the void, Ginnungagap. Then there was to the north a great place of eternal mist, darkness and cold, called Nifheim. Out of the icy land there flowed a spring that fed twelve other streams. South of the land of cold, there was the land of eternal fire, Muspellsheim. The land of flames was as everlasting as the land of ice and as the flames licked the icy world, some of the ice melted and formed the first frost…

in the pudding, but who created us? Our creators are the Anunnaki (also spelled Annunaki). The Anunnaki have been around for thousands of years. In fact, they are a part of the oldest written piece of literature. However, they are just listed as a myth like many of the other gods people used to believe in. The Anunnaki were 7 judges, beings from the planet Nibiru. The…

Myths and Other Stories: The creation story consisted of seven days. On the first day, God created light. He separated the light from the dark by calling the day by light and the darkness he called night. On the second day God created the firmament which he called heaven. There were lower waters and upper waters, below and above the firmament. God created dry land on the third day and he called it ‘Earth’ and he called the waters ‘Seas’. He separated the dry land from the water and he also…

Brief Paper Senior Seminar in Interdisciplinary Studies Dr. Packer Eric G. Shuping March 23, 2015 Brief Paper The Hebrew Bible shows us the creation of Heaven and Earth created by God. Human nature proves to us the Hebrew Bible does not allow human beings to act independently or having the freedom to do so without answering to the Creator of heaven and earth. God’s determination to test our free will shows our determination to obey God’s orders to do as we are told. Human Nature…

Around three thousand years ago, a story about the creation of the universe came into existence. This story, overtime became the agreed-upon functioning story for Western society. A shared and fixed understanding of creation unified people, despite turbulent times. However in response to the destruction of the Black Death, people began to think of the world in one of two different ways. The first was “towards a religious redemption out of a tragic world,” and the other was, “towards a greater…

Creation myths are written to serve the following functions: to show us the wonder and mystery of creation, to explain the world, to pass down morals and ethics, and to help guide people through life (Phillips). The purpose of a creation myth is to help the reader accept the existence of something, not necessarily explain why it exists. Writers do this through composing eccentric stories about creation, usually with a moral lesson learned, that inspires the reader to believe. For example, my…

A creation myth is defined as a cultural, traditional or religious myth which describes the earliest beginnings of the present world. Creation myths are the most common form of myth, that are usually developing first in oral traditions, and then are found throughout human culture. A creation myth is generally understood by those who place their faith by it as it conveying profound truth, although not necessarily in a historical or literal sense. Creation myths serve a symbolic narrative of how…

After reading the creation myths of both the Inuits and the Mayans and also reading elegant yet simple Puritan poetry in the works “Huswifery” by Edward Taylor and “To My Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet. I’ve discovered many differences of the two types of texts. The creation myths featured somewhat mythical creatures and vivid storytelling while the Puritan poets stuck to a more plain writing style by eliminating any words that would cause imagery as to abide by the basic lifestyle…