Portfolio of Creation Myths

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1 What different images of the creator gods are presented in the various myths? Do any seem to lack a specific creator altogether? Is the primary God in each clearly described What powers and limits does the God have? Does the God operate alone or with other helping beings? What conclusions about the culture that produced each myth can you draw from these differences?
From various creation myths come various gods too. In "Hymn of Creation from the Rig Veda," God is referred to as "that one," which refers to Brahman. In "Genesis," God can do everything because He is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. He leads the world independently, and he created humans in His likeness. In "The Chameleon Finds," their God is Mulungu; he existed with animals and his son and has no extraordinary powers. In "Creation Legend," a God is a divine woman who created the earth using a turtle. In "Spider-Woman Creates the Humans," the Sun is the God to whom all prayers and petitions are directed. In "The Beginning of the World," the couple deities work together to rule. They are incapable of having offspring. In conclusion, based on the creation myths, some culture believes in inanimate objects, some do not have a clear picture of the gods, and some has a well-known and established god. These gods have their distinct abilities and limits too.
2 In the myths that present a clear picture of the physical world of the creation, how is the world described? How orderly and sequential is the act of creating the different elements and beings of the world? What conclusions can you draw from the varied presentation in these creation myths about the values of the culture that produced each myth?
Most of the beginnings of the world are empty or incomplete. At the beginning of "Genesis," God began creation. The light was created on the first day. The sky was created on the second day. Dryland, seas, plants, and trees were created on the third day. The sun, moon, and stars were created on the fourth day. The fifth day saw the creation of sea creatures and flying creatures. On the sixth day, God created animals that live on the land and, finally, humans in the image of God. On the seventh day, God completed his work of creation and rested, making the seventh day a special holy day. His creation is sequentially arranged, and He has a distinct creation for each day. In "The Chameleon Finds," Mulungu lived with his son and animals. His son, the Chameleon, saw a man and a woman, and they allowed them to grow. In "Creation Legend," there are only water and water animals, but the divine woman came, and she created earth using a turtle. In "Spider-Woman Creates the Humans," the Spider Woman created sets of males and females. In "The Beginning of the World," everything was in chaos before the coming of the world. A couple makes the creation of deities who gave birth to islands. Therefore, some creation myths start with nothing, plainness, or chaos (Stoyanova). However, the creators have made the earth at their ow...