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)
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