The Immortal, Cosmological Details Of Creation Myths

One of the most important myths of the Huichols Indians is about the creation of the world. These types of myths are categorized as origin myths which “are typically the most sacred of a culture’s myths and provide the foundation upon which other myths are built” (Lindell “Professor’s Notes 4” 2). The article “Journey of Grandmother Rain” by Jack Eidt tells the story about the first humans, the creation of the land, and the creation of the sun. From a structuralist perspective, the binary opposition that shapes the worldview of the Huichol Indians is apparent in this origin myth. According to Eidt, in the Huichol origin myth the first human, named Watacame, and his black female dog, Tziku Mayuri, had to “withstand five days of monsoons, wind, waves, flooding and storming” (Eidt). After Watacame had successfully survived the storm, the Goddess Takutzi Nakawe (Grandmother Rain)

Creation myths are fundamental in each mythological universe because ancient men needed to answer some elementary questions, such as why they were created, what is their purpose, and what are their tasks. Like all the other creation myths, “The Creation of Ulligara and Zalgarra” was narrated to answer these questions within Sumerian society. Consequently, it defines the men’s role in the creation process by implicating the idea that the humans are created as servants to the gods. Likewise, Scott Leonard examines the myth on a spiritual level and argues that this myth explains the human being’s place in the cosmos by saying that the gods needed someone to do the daily labor of tending fields, raising livestock, and ensuring that the gods’ rightful offerings are made (Leonard 76). The

When the modern person ponders the formation of human beings, our mind automatically goes to Adam and Eve, whom were the first man and woman created by God according to the Book of Genesis. Before there was Adam and Eve, diverse cultures came up with myths about the construction of humans. These myths included: “The Song of Creation” from the Rig Veda, An African Creation Tale, From the Popol Vuh, and A Native American Creation Tale “How Man Was Created” Each one of these legends gives a diverse perspective on the creation of human beings.

Every culture has a story in attempt to explain its human origin. The endeavor to understand human existence has been prevalent for as long as we have been on this earth. Origin stories explain the natural world of a group through their religion, customs, and interactions. Indigenous creation stories, such as the Cherokee nation, highlight their connection to the land, language, sacred history, and ceremony. Likewise, the Biblical story of creation emphasizes his or her relationship to their creator and the traditions that arise from that relationship. When analyzing these stories, one can see similarities and differences between them, why they are essential in understanding where a group originated from, and the Peoplehood Model.

If you’re even the slightest bit interested in the existence of humans, you have probably wondered on how humans and the earth itself got here. Most modern day religions have their own idea of how these tings happened, but most of them make little sense and/or have no logic to them at all. The two creation stories that will be discussed in this paper are the Navajo Origin Legend and Scientology’s Story of Xenu. The Navajo believed that the gods made humans out of corn and wind and he gods sent them off to procreate. While the Scientologists believe that Xenu the all powerful emperor killed all of the beings that inhabited the 76 planets he ruled over and created new beings and implanted all the knowledge tat humans have today over 75 million years ago.

Every person in America has a myth or conviction of truth as to how creation was formed and human beings came into existence. The following are inclusive in creation myths, the first is the Zulu myth found in the continent of Africa, and the other is the myth of Norse originating from Europe. Both myths give a reason as to how creation was formed on earth. Though there are endless amounts of ideas and vast amounts of myths to explore, the focus of these two particular myths brings fascination to a social phenomenon.

Creation myths play an important role in our culture and even modern day society. They give us something to believe in when the unknown seems daunting. Ontological yearning is the need to know why, and not just accept what is. This is why we not only need creation myths, and myths in general, but actually seek them out. We find every possible reason to believe in them so that we are not faced with the unknown. This is the beauty of myths, we know that they are not true, they cannot be proven scientifically, or even logically, but they explain the unknown to us. It is because of this that we are so quick to believe them as if they are fact.

In every culture people have different creation stories from the ancient Aztecs to modern-day. Creation stories myths are symbolic since they are narratives of how the world began and how men were created. These stories or “myths” helped people in the past to explain the world around them (Long, 2015). However, people often use the term myth to describe these stories since they regarded as fiction while to some there true. Regardless, to who believes these “myths” but everyone has their own belief on the origin of the world.

Fairchild, M. (2013, January 4). The Creation Story - Bible Story Summary. About.com Christianity. Retrieved from http://christianity.about.com/od/biblestorysummaries/p/creationstory.htm

Purpose The purpose of this assignment is to compare and contrast the creation myth in two different cultures.

Leonard, S., & McClure, M. (2004). Myth & knowing: An introduction to world mythology. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Cosmology is a story of creation that was written to explain the beginning of how the earth and its inhabitants came into being. Every culture and religion has their own account of the beginnings of the universe. This paper will focus on creation stories from two different cultures and unfold the different aspects, beliefs, values and historical information of each people group. The two stories that will be discussed are the first book of Moses, called Genesis and “The Book of the People”, from Popol Vul. The book of Genesis originates from the Torah and the Christian bible. Genesis contains the Jews’ creation story as well as an insight into their history and laws. In contrast, the original text of “The Book of the People” does not exist,

Creation Myths Creation myths can be traced back to around 1600 B.C, which is where we believe the earliest creation myths were first recorded by the Sumerians. They were the earliest known society to emerge in the world through writing that existed over 4000 years ago in Mesopotamia according to Walter Baucum. The Sumerian/Babylonian creation myth started with Apsu and Tiamat, a female and male deity, who both came together to create water, wind, sky and earth as mentioned by classmate Tristan. The male deity represented fresh water and the female, salt water. The theme of water can be found across all creation myths and it usually was represented by a female deity or connected to a feminine element.

A creation story is a supernatural story or explanation that describes the beginnings of humanity, earth, life, and the universe. Religion plays a significant role in the establishment of Creation for both the Native Americans and the Puritans. “The people known collectively as the Iroquois were made up of the Mohawk, Seneca, Oneida, Onondaga, and Cayuga nations.” (Cusick 21) “The Iroquois creation myth exists in some twenty-five versions.” (Cusick 22). However, there was no concrete indication from a Native American that coincides with the Iroquois’s belief as of how and when the creation of the world began until David Cusick, transcribed and translated an Iroquois cosmogonic myth in the nineteenth century. David Cusick became the first Native American to record on Atotarho. Grounded in nature the Iroquois religion portrays the natural foundations of the world and continue to believe that all things/people should live in harmony. The Iroquois believes that The Great Spirit would indirectly guide the lives of ordinary people and opposed that The Great Spirit and other forces of good were Evil Spirit and other lesser spirits responsible for disease and other misfortune. Corn, beans, and squash were referred to as the three sisters and thought of as deities or spiritual beings. The Iroquois believed that ordinary humans could not communicate directly with Great Spirit but could do so indirectly by burning tobacco, which carried their prayers to the lesser spirits

From every culture and every generation come myths, myths that discuss things such as the existence of a god, the purpose of the sun and the moon and most importantly creation and how we came to be on this earth. Creation myths not only contain an explanation for our existence but will also say or demonstrate something distinctive about the culture from which it originated in a way unique to that culture. Despite the differences in time of their creation and the cultures from which they come, all creation myths contain universal elements, elements that can be found in creation myths from around the world. Chinese Creation myths, though created in a remote area of the world and