Deluge myths

The account of "Abenaki Creation Story and The Importance of Dreaming" and The Chief's Daughters are fundamentally the same. In the story, the Great Spirit chose to fill a space with light and life. From his awesome force he directed the flashes of creation. He requested Tôlba, the Great Turtle to originate from the waters and turn into the area. The Great Spirit shaped the mountains and the valleys on turtle's back. He put white mists into the blue skies. He contemplated what sort of animals he…

CREATION MYTH Every month after earth creation there is a meeting between wind and sea they go to meeting to discuss environmental issues even though the meeting every month shows how they were in a good relationship most of the time there will be an altercation between this two spirits even though the sea spirit is dominant the wind spirit plays a huge role too. On the 3rd meeting between this two spirits an argument breaks out on it was mostly about Windansea it's a great restaurant they…

“The Creation: An appeal to Save Life on Earth, by Edward O. Wilson” is a book about preserving Earth’s vanishing biodiversity. The book is written in first person, with E. O. Wilson writing to a pastor arguing on the preservation of biodiversity. The pastor, or religious believers in general, think that god has generated this world, the creation, for humans, and humans can use/do whatever they want; biologists, believe that the Earth isn’t sustainable for current human activities, and humans…

What are the obstacles in our churches that keep creation care detained and how could this impact the advance of the gospel? There are many obstacles that holding the church back from being a helping hand in the care of creation. In an article called We Hug Trees for Jesus we find a number of issues that face the church today. First we see there is a problem with how “Christian Environmentalist” relay our Biblical responsibility to the earth. Second though they are passionate about the need to…

what it means. It’s the beginning, how we and everything around us came to be. Throughout this comparison response I will explore a variety of cultural creation stories ranging from; Greek mythology and Christianity to Norse, Apache and Australian myths. Different religions and cultures have established their own explanation to life. There was once a time before us when the universe was a vast, void, space, and light, along with everything else, was non-existent. It was like this for, no-one…

Cultures around the world have different ideas on how they were made. These creation myths have ben passed down through these societies and are a big part of whom they are. Creation Myths can provide a window into each individual culture and what they do or do not value. Even the gender of the deity can be a sign of either a patriarchal or matriarchal culture. For example, the Huron creation legend shows that they value the woman and her relationship with nature. On the other hand, Genesis 1-2…

time in obsessing over a safe path to choose; we will have to trust that whatever room we decide to enter, that we commit ourselves fully in the opportunities before us. While it is firmly established that Sisyphus is doomed for all eternity, the myth does not fully provide an opportunity to fully understand Sisyphus’ perception of his fate. Perhaps he is…

Since the beginning of time, all living creatures have strived to hold the most power in their environment. The tyrannosaurus rex dominated the prehistoric era with its size and strength and the lion controls the jungle with its strength, speed, and hunting ability. Humans control everything that surrounds them and always strive to conquer more. This drive for power and control lead to many great empires as well as the fall of those empires, Rome is a prominent example of how too much power…

The universe has undergone a long and arduous transformation from its beginning. A simple explosion of dust led to the creation of everything. This transformation resulted in the creation of millions of cosmic entities such as stars and galaxies. As incredible as the creation of these celestial beings are, there is something more exciting that it created; us. Along with these collections of stars and dust, comes the planet Earth and its ability to create and foster life. In the book Journey of…

The Origin of Life and Fire vs. The Creation of Universe and Ife World mythology presents stories of the world that are considered some of the greatest accounts of history and culture. Mythological stories reflect human beings with their hopes and needs. When one reads about characters in mythology he or she is able to reflect, internalize and learn about himself or herself. Among the many stories in mythology, creation is one that is interesting. African mythology presents stories of creation.…