Myth of Er

Although the Greek and Chinese creations stories originate from two different cultures, they both allocate some archetypal similarities as well as differences. There are several similarities in the creation archetypes of the world and the universe itself within the Greek and Chinese creation Stories. Both were generated out of chaos. For the Chinese, “All the matter of the universe swirled chaotically in that egg” (Chinese creation story). While the Greek’s way of creation was by a black-winged…

The creation story depicts human beings as the zenith of God’s creative activity. Their uniqueness is portrayed in two separate and complementary accounts. Genesis chapter 1 is a terse overview of all creation while Genesis chapter 2 shows that God lavished very personal and particular attention on the creation of both Adam and Eve. Significantly, it was only humans of whom God said, “Let us make mankind [“human being,” not exclusively “male”] in our image, in our likeness” (1:26), “so that they…

I agree with the statement about creation myths being important to every human society. I say this because in order to know where you are going in life you have to know where you came from. I think that history from countries other than the U.S. play a huge part in the way we live today the way we as people eat sleep breath and think is derived from the foundation that our ancestors laid way before time. Creation myths not only had an effect on society and the way people thought, but on the…

Norse Creation Myth The Norse Creation Myth provides the purposes and the origin of the Cosmo’s to the Norsemen. The myth center’s primarily on the creation of the world and the influence of the first three and arguably most powerful gods. However, the deeper and more idealistic meaning or themes provide a basis for the Norsemen’s thinking and connections to the world around them One theme that is apparent in this myth is the creation of something new from the destruction of something old.…

Creation Myths There are countless theories and ideas on how the world was created. One method that was used by Native Americans was telling creation myths. A creation myth is a story or legend that tells how the world was created and how people came about. These myths are passed down from generation to generation. The short story “How the World Was Made” is a creation myth because it explains how the Earth was made, the workings of the natural world, and social customs. The story gives…

“The World on the Turtle’s Back” is a myth how the world began. The story begins with a woman who was digging a tree root for medicine. As she was digging in the tree root, she makes a hole in Sky-World and falls in the hole. When she lands safely on a turtle’s back, she plants the roots on the turtle after she was given dirt from a muskrat. She eventually has a daughter who has twin boys who compete against each other until one is defeated. This myth explains how the world started and why…

The Importance of Friendship Both the Yahwist author of Genesis 2, and the Chinese author of “Pan Gu and Nü Wa” give stories about the creation of the world. Their meanings differ, however, as the Yahwist author’s story suggests that people are created essentially to have a relationship with each other, while the Chinese author explains that people are created to be companions of Nü Wa, a goddess. In both creation stories, humans are created for the purpose of being a companion. Once humans…

The world on the turtle's back is an iroquois legend that has been passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth. This is an example of a native american oral tradition. “ the world on the turtle's back” is the iroquois cultural perspective of the creation story, being almost the same to the catholic creation story of adam and eve, well minus the huge turtle of course.The main characters in this story are man, wife and daughter. Man lives in the sky world and is husband to a…

One of the sharp contrasts that I noticed between the two creation stories was the fact that there was a mystical woman giving birth to the twins in the Iroquois origin story. No mention is given as to who this woman is or how she came about, just like there is no mention of where these monsters came from or who made them and why they where even in the story. Like you said the bible does not have a turtle or any other creature partake in the actual creation part of the story. The introduction of…

Upon reading The Myth of Sisyphus I have never heard of any mention of this myth. At first, I found it very hard to follow along with what the author was saying. Everything seemed very metaphorical and symbolic, but was so wordy that I had to reread it a few times in small sections in order to fully digest it. When I read the third paragraph about Sisyphus wanting to test his wife’s loyalty I thought wow that is a horrible idea. What I did not understand was why Sisyphus wanted to chastise his…