A creation myth or cosmogonic myth is a type of cosmogony, a symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it. While in... 43 KB (4,789 words) - 21:25, 3 March 2024 |
creation myth (or creation story) is a cultural, religious or traditional myth which describes the earliest beginnings of the present world. Creation... 6 KB (527 words) - 01:14, 3 April 2024 |
The earliest record of a Sumerian creation myth, called The Eridu Genesis by historian Thorkild Jacobsen, is found on a single fragmentary tablet excavated... 10 KB (1,219 words) - 05:46, 16 April 2024 |
myth" or "origin myth" is more accurate than "creation myth", since very few stories involve a creator deity or divine will. Chinese creation myths fundamentally... 29 KB (3,881 words) - 14:47, 25 March 2024 |
The Genesis creation narrative is the creation myth of both Judaism and Christianity. The narrative is made up of two stories, roughly equivalent to the... 97 KB (11,086 words) - 21:57, 14 April 2024 |
Ancient Egyptian creation myths are the ancient Egyptian accounts of the creation of the world. The Pyramid Texts, tomb wall decorations, and writings... 12 KB (1,597 words) - 23:43, 16 March 2024 |
In Japanese mythology, the Japanese Creation Myth (天地開闢, Tenchi-kaibyaku, Literally "Creation of Heaven & Earth") is the story that describes the legendary... 5 KB (600 words) - 19:56, 27 January 2024 |
The Serer creation myth is the traditional creation myth of the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania. Many Serers who adhere to the tenets... 92 KB (12,059 words) - 02:42, 19 April 2024 |
The Slavic creation myth is a cosmogonic myth in Slavic mythology that explains how the world was created, who created it, and what principles guide it... 24 KB (3,379 words) - 14:40, 18 July 2023 |
The Tungusic creation myths are traditional stories of the creation of the world belonging to the Tungusic peoples of Siberia. In one account of the Tungusic... 4 KB (577 words) - 00:14, 20 December 2023 |