Myth of Er

In the beginning man was curious as to how he was created and made up a story to try to explain on how the earth was created. Creation Stories were developed by many cultures to try to explain the start of earth. In the Greek and Cherokee stories there are many similarities and differences. Both the Greek and Cherokee creation stories start with total darkness and both us an animal in the creation of earth the nyx bird is a bird involved with the Greek a nyx bird is a bird with…

The Creation of Tornadoes Long ago, in Ancient Greece there was a god named Aeolus (god of wind). He lived alone on an island which was called Ithaca, where he was able to easily control the earth’s mighty winds without being bothered. For many years he lived alone in this jungle of an island, just watching people float by without paying any attention or thinking someone lived there. Then one day a small life boat landed on the island to escape the crashing waves of the stormy sea. Oddly there…

cultures distinct? Creation myths are powerful in cultures because they speak to our deep spiritual and social need for a sense of place and a sense of belonging. Through offering accounts of how everything began from animals, plants, earth, moon, sky and more, they provide universal coordinates within which people can imagine their own existence and find a role in the larger scheme of things. There are multiple creation stories throughout the world, however the creation myths for discussion…

Blog Post Two Reading Genesis 1 and reading Enuma Elish there are major contrasts that are evident. Almost everyone knows a variation of Genesis 1, but reading it after reading Enuma Elish is like reading it with fresh eyes. One notices different things this time around that they might have not before. Even though there are major contrasts between Genesis 1 and Enuma Elish, it is interesting to see the different viewpoints. There were two most striking differences that spoke out to me the most…

A similarities between four indigenous religions is there was something pre-existing at the time of creation. Prior to creation of Earth for the Lakota Sioux the gods resided in a celestial domain. Secondly Australian Aboriginal, Baiame the god existed before creation. Thirdly in Wakaranga African, God existed before creation. Lastly the Hopi, Hard-Being Women deities of the East and West ocean and the sun existed prior to creation. An additional similarity between all four religions is…

There are many different creation stories told by many different cultures and tribes, but they all have their similarities and differences. In the Iroquois creation story, animal and man work together to create their world to share. But thinking back to Native American cultural traditions, they praised animals and have always treated them kindly. In the Judeo-Christian story, man is dominating to animals. Which is still true today, people claim ownership over animals. The Iroquois story…

Humans have an innate need to understand the world they live in. For thousands of years, societies from all over world have attempted to explain the physical world through origin myths. These myths detail how the earth, sun, moon and man were created. They revolve around a belief that we were created by some higher being. There are a multitude of origin stories. For example, in Christianity, the Bible’s book of Genesis offers an explanation of the origin of humanity. God created the…

The Book of Genesis was the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Genesis 1 of the bible describes the creation of the world in accordance to the image of God. According to the Book of Genesis, the world was described to be “formless and desolate”. The Earth already had water, but was covered in complete darkness, as there was no light to begin with. God created the world in numerous days and not one day. God’s first creation was by a command. That command was, “Let…

In the oriental and culture-rich world of Japan, the creation story starts off with three deities and the heaven and the Earth. Their world at the time the creation story was written is very small. They knew that the heavens and the earths were existing by upon their creation of their ‘world’ which is, in this case, Japan. Three deities had arisen were the “Spirit Master of the Center of Heaven”, the “August Wondrously Producing Spirit”, and the “Divine Wondrously Producing Ancestor”. However,…

THE MYSTERY OF CREATION VERSUS EVOLUTION The birth of the universe has been a discussion of Religion and Science. There is, or rather seems to be a stalking difference between the two. Creation is, without a cast of doubt the most profound mystery in the cosmos. The greatest puzzle of all times is whether the universe came into being by some freak random chance or was it created by God who brought everything to being by a perfect design. Scientific evidences found in recent times show that…