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Genesis

A creation myth (or creation story) is a cultural, traditional or religious myth which describes the earliest beginnings of the present world. Creation myths are the most common form of myth, usually developing first in oral traditions, and are found throughout human culture. A creation myth is usually regarded by those who subscribe to it as conveying profound truths, although not necessarily in a historical or literal sense. They are commonly, although not always, considered cosmogonical myths—that is they describe the ordering of the cosmos from a state of chaos or amorphousness.

The following are the various creation myths found throughout the world not one is more better than any other.

Basic type

Creation from chaos

  • Cheonjiwang Bonpuli (a Korean creation myth)
  • Enûma Eliš (Babylonian creation myth)
  • Greek cosmogonical myth
  • Jamshid creation account
  • Kumulipo
  • Mandé creation myth
  • Pangu
  • Raven in Creation
  • Serer creation myth
  • Sumerian creation myth
  • Tungusic creation myth
  • Unkulunkulu
  • Väinämöinen
  • Viracocha

Earth diver

  • Ainu creation myth
  • Cherokee creation myth
  • Väinämöinen
  • Yoruba creation myth

Emergence

  • Hopi creation
  • Maya creation of the world myth
  • Diné Bahaneʼ (Navajo)
  • Zuni creation myth

Ex nihilo (out of nothing)

  • Debate between sheep and grain
  • Barton cylinder
  • Ancient Egyptian creation myths
  • Genesis creation narrative (Christianity and Judaism)
  • Islam
  • Kabezya-Mpungu
  • Māori myths
  • Mbombo
  • Ngai
  • Popol Vuh
  • Rangi and Papa

World Parent

  • Coatlicue
  • Enûma Eliš
  • Greek cosmogonical myth
  • Heliopolis creation myth
  • Hiranyagarbha creation
  • Kumulipo
  • Rangi and Papa
  • Völuspá

Regional

African

  • Ancient Egyptian creation myths
  • Fon creation myth
  • Kaang creation story (Bushmen)
  • Kintu myth (Bugandan)
  • Mandé creation myth
  • Mbombo (Kuba, Bakuba or Bushongo/Boshongo)
  • Ngai (Kamba, Kikuyu and Maasai )
  • Serer creation myth (cosmogony of the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania)
  • Unkulunkulu (Zulu)
  • Yoruba creation

American

Arctic American

Mesoamerican

  • Coatlicue (Aztec)
  • Maya creation of the world myth
  • Popol Vuh (Quiché Mayan)

Mid North American

  • Anishinaabeg creation stories
  • Cherokee creation myth
  • Choctaw creation
  • Creek creation
  • Hopi creation
  • Kuterastan (Plains Apache)
  • Diné Bahaneʼ (Navajo)
  • Raven in Creation (Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian)
  • Zuni creation myth

South American

  • Legend of Trentren Vilu and Caicai Vilu (Chilean)
  • Viracocha (Incan)

Asian

Central Asian

  • Mongolian creation myth
  • Tungusic creation myth

East Asian

  • Ainu creation myth (Japan)
  • Au Co (Vietnamese)
  • Chinese creation myth
  • Cheonjiwang Bonpuli (Korean)
  • Dangun creation myth (Korean)
  • Japanese creation myth
  • Nüwa (Chinese)
  • Pangu (Chinese)
  • Samseonghyeol legend (Korean)

South Asian

  • Hiranyagarbha creation (India)

Southeast Asian

European

  • Greek cosmogonical myth
  • Pelasgian creation myth (Greek)
  • Väinämöinen (Finnish)
  • Völuspá (Norse)

Middle Eastern

  • Debate between sheep and grain
  • Enûma Eliš (Babylonian)
  • Genesis creation narrative (Hebrew)
  • Islamic creation belief (Arabic)
  • Mashya and Mashyana (Persian)
  • Sumerian creation myth

Pacific Islander/Oceanic

  • Kumulipo (Hawaiian)
  • Māori myths
  • Rangi and Papa (Māori)
  • Sureq Galigo (Buginese)
anteanus/genesis.txt · Last modified: 2022/07/01 11:40 (external edit)