Sacred Destination Paper

Another similarity seen between both of the myths is presentation of a selected family to survive the flood by receiving a warning. This group is responsible for the repopulation of the planet and salvation of the animals. For example, in The Voice, The Flood, and The Turtle, the voice states: “Now you have everything you need. Now you can live. Now you have children and form a new generation.” In the story of Genesis, God believes Noah and is family are the only ones who deserved to live because they did not act in the same fashion as their peers. Once the flood passes, God says: “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.” Genesis and

One parallel between Greek and Egyptian creation stories is that they both begin with a God or Gods being created from the universe. The creation of

Nearly every culture has a creation myth to explain the unknown wonders of the world, such as how the world came to be and how humans came to exist on earth. Creation myths paint a picture for the confused and answer question for the curious minds of its people. These stories have influence on its believers and tied into their religion and how they go about their life. There are many creation myths that give credit to different divine beings for creating everything. All of the creation myths are different in their own way but many of them share signification ideas and themes. The Mesopotamian myth, Enuma Elish, is similar to the Egyptian creation myths, Creation by Atum and Theology of Memphis, because of their use of chaotic water and system resemble a family tree, however, they differ in the creation of men.

Creation stories are tools used to try to explain the unexplainable. For centuries humans have been searching for answers to the what, when, why, and how questions that encompass life. Genesis and the Iroquois Creation Myth are two different stories that seek to describe the creation of Earth and the universe that surrounds it. Genesis describes a Christian perspective, particularly one of the most popular Western explanations to life on Earth. The Iroquois Creation Myth, on the other hand, takes a less traditional approach, while only mildly alluding to religion. The similarities between the two lie in the timeless battle of good versus evil.

All different cultures have their own creation stories, mostly all containing the elements of a Higher Power of some sort, how the power created the world, and the creation a human man. The Christian belief in the Genesis story has these key elements , as does the Iroquois creation myth, The World on the Turtle's Back. Although these two creation stories share similarities, they also have some stark contrasts. These contrasts include, how the two cultures of the Native American Iroquois tribe and then Christians view life and aspects of good and evil, the way each culture views nature and the impact that has on their culture, and finally the way the Christian God and the Iroquois gods are portrayed to

ANSWER: I personally believe that every culture has a flood myth, because it serves as a purpose of order, and how we came to be to explain how everything evolved. I think its purpose is to make people act in a certain way if not that is one of the consequence that could occur and wipe everything out.

Origin myths deliver stories explaining how the world, humans or objects came to existence. Describing where the nation comes from, they are very important to the culture of given region. Therefore, each nation developed its own stories and beliefs; however, there are many similarities between myths of various religions and cultures. A good example would be Native American stories about origin and their resemblance to Greek mythology or to the Bible. Similarities can be seen in different spheres such as creation of humankind or even in the story about flood.

Ancient Creation myths are similar but at the same time are still very different. What is a myth? A myth refers to a fiction story or only half true story. What makes up a myth? It has several different characteristics that make it different from other types of stories. Ancient Greco-Roman myths are interesting because they talk about another religion and how they are being reflected. Hebrew creation myths are also interesting because they explain the power of God who made the universe in just 6 days.

There were plenty of differences in each myth. The Greek myth was filled to the brim with gods and goddesses whose lives intertwined with one another. It was also packed with different versions of myths including the world being created by a woman, serpent, and cosmic egg. In the Hawaiian creation myth, it seems that the Earth was already there when Kumulipo and Po’ele started creating plants and animals. This myth does not go into detail about how the Earth was created. Finally, in the Ute myth Manitou lived in the sky with nothing around but the sun and clouds suggesting He-She created the world. He-She created the world from a hole unlike female-serpent relationship in the Greek myth that suggests some form conception.

Creation stories are common among different cultures, but the Greek and Genesis creation stories have both similarities and differences in how they began and how humans were created.

With the Garden of Eden being considered by many to be a mythological place the mention of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers influenced many to believe that the location of the Garden of Eden is at the head of the Persian Gulf, which is similar to the mythological Sumerian paradise of Dilmun also supposedly located where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers run into the sea. Archaeologist Eduard Glaser, in 1922, proposed the location of the Garden of Eden in Eastern Arabia within the Dilmun civilization. Then sixty years later Juris Zarins, another archaeologist, also agreed that the location of the Garden of Eden was at the head of the Persian Gulf where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers run into the sea. His research in this area used information images from the, Land-Sat, satellite and concluded that the other rivers mentioned in the Old Testament, the Gihon River would correspond with the Karun River located in Iran and the Pishon River would correspond to the Wadi Batin River

In my opinion, 3 of the most common motifs in creation myths are The creation of humans, Step - by - Step myths, and Parts of a god for a planet. These motifs are used in most of cultures. Though these cultures did not know each other or “talk”, they are still connected by these motifs. Some of the creation myths share these ideas, but they also share more.

Many years ago you were told many creation stories that had you thinking or wording. Even though the Chinese creation story and the Greek creation story came from two different cultures, they share some archetypal similarities but also some differences. For example how humans were supposed to look like, how earth was created, and also where all existed. Although there was many similar archetypal there is also some differences for example humans were created to worship god made, humans beaning made with particles, and what was earth before land was made.

Creation myths are the most common form of mythology throughout most of the ancient cultures of the world and evolved from first an oral history passed on to the next generation ending with multiple versions. Mythologists have categorized these mythologies from the various and numerous ancient cultures into five types, which include Ex Nihilo, Creation from Chaos, World Parent, Emergence and Earth-Diver.

The word ‘paradise’ comes from pairidaeza meaning a ‘enclosure’ originates from the Persian language. In Persia, after the conqueror of Islam in particular became the growth of Islamic gardens where examples evolved within the Islamic design became the core development with bliss of Eden described as a reward to the faithfulness by captivating the existing tradition of hunting parks, pleasure gardens and designed them with spirit of the Quran.