Chapter 1 The Beginning

     

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In some way or another we know from either science or religion how the world was created. Since Ancient times there was stories on how creation began, and now were going to go through some of the popular stories and some you never heard before to get to the truth.

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     The creation of the world is very important to know. Why would you want to watch the ending of a movie without seeing the beginning? How would you know what happens? According to science it was the Big Bang theory that started the creation, in a way they are kinda right but there missing one element. This is what the scientist believe what happened in the beginning. One might even wonder if GOD was behind the Big Bang theory.

The big bang starts off with a state of extremely high density and pressure for the Universe. Under those conditions, the Universe is dominated by radiation. This means that the majority of the energy is in the form of photons and other mass less or nearly mass less particles (like neutrinos) that move at near the speed of light. As the big bang evolves in time, the temperature drops rapidly as the Universe expands and the average velocity of particles decreases. Finally, one reaches a state where the energy of the Universe is primarily contained in non-relativistic matter (matter sufficiently massive that its average velocity is very much less than the speed of light). This is called a matter dominated universe. The early Universe was radiation dominated, but the present Universe is matter dominated. And then everything was molded into a mass ball and blew up creating everything that we know today, over time of course. That’s just the quick version.

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     There are some Ancient creation stories I am going to go over and discuss, they all prove that there is only one God and yet they believed there were many gods. They all tell the same story just in their own understanding and culture. And they all coincide with the creation story of the Bible. The Greek, Chinese, and the Egyptian all has many different creation stories but I’m going to only tell the most popular story.

I’ll start with the Chinese Creation Myths quick version:

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"Once, the world was a mass of swirling darkness. There was no heaven. There was no earth. All the forces of the universe were trapped inside a small egg, tumbling and spinning in utter chaos. Inside the egg was a tiny creature named Panku. He slept soundly, unbothered by the disorder around him. As he slept, Panku grew, and the egg also grew around him.

 

Panku then grabbed a long meteor. He picked it up like an ax and swung it down with every ounce of his strength. It crashed upon the exact center of the egg and split all the particles and gases of the universe in two. The light, pure forces of the world drifted up and formed the blue heavens. The heavy, dark forces of the universe sank down and formed the fertile earth. Panku propped up the sky with his arms, wedging his body between heaven and earth. As time passed, however, he became weary as his cramped muscles tightened from the weight of the world. He struggled for tens of thousands of years until heaven and earth each lost its memory of the other—and were forever separated into the forces of yin, the dark, and yang, the light.

 

When the sky was firmly attached to the heavens and the earth was soundly anchored below, Panku finally lost his resolve. His massive, withered body covered the earth gently like a carpet. His flesh crumbled and spread rich, dark nutrients and sweet smelling soil upon the barren ground. His beads of sweat sprinkled droplets of rain and dew on the soft fertile earth. The tangled hair on his head and beard became the stiff branches of trees and bushes. The hair on his arms turned into tiny leaves, trailing vines, and delicate flowers. His teeth and bones broke into bits of shiny metals—gold, silver, and copper—which embedded themselves deep in the earth. His bone marrow hardened into creamy, translucent jade in colors of lavender, green, and white. His blood trickled over the land to create large pools and swift rivers. His voice, even in its weakness, produced rolling thunder and crackling lightning. His dying breath formed blowing winds and puffy clouds. Finally, released from his suffering, Panku sobbed tears of gratitude which fell and created glittering, vast bodies of water that became the oceans. Finally his work was over, and Panku, the creator, was dead. In his place, he left a world that sparkled and twinkled with splashes of bright blues, vibrant greens, dusky browns, and clear, cold rushing waters.

 

In the Chinese Myth we see how this world was made, kinda like the big bang theory, the egg was spinning in Chaos, when the Egg separated, out came the gases Heaven went up as Earth fell down. From Panku’s Death came the Ores, Trees, Rivers, Ect… Kinda resembles the Greek Atles holding up the Earth. It seems like from his Death came everything, like out of nothing came something."

 

     This is the Greek Creation Myth quick version:

 

"Again we have nothing existed, except Chaos. During Chaos’s reign, there was no organization of any kind in the universe. There was no sun or moon. There were no mountains or rivers, nor any such features on earth. In fact, there was no earth at all. It was a period of vast emptiness. Even time did not exist. Chaos divided itself into the earth, the sky, and the sea. When the division was complete, everything was peaceful and perfect.

 

After Chaos divided into the earth, sky, and sea, one goddess came into being without being born to any mother. Her name was Gaia, which means earth, and she took control over the earth as it took shape. the goddess began to long for children to help populate and rule this magnificent new world.

 

Gaia’s desire for children was so great that eventually she became pregnant by herself. Uranus was born In every way, Uranus was the equal of his mother, and soon Gaia and Uranus had children together. Uranus was afraid that someday one of these children would overthrow him. Because of this fear, Uranus hated the children and forced them back into Gaia’s womb.

 

Uranus tied the Cyclopes up and threw them into a deep cavern called Tartarus. Tartarus was far, far away, Gaia gave birth to a third group of children. These were called the Titans, and there were twelve of them—six goddesses and six gods. Uranus was still afraid that one day one of his children would overthrow him. Because of this fear, he pushed the Titans back into Gaia’s womb alongside their siblings,

 

Gaia was enraged by Uranus’s refusal to allow her children to live freely. She desperately wanted her children to live without restraints and to enjoy the world. Finally, she came up with a plan that would allow her children to be born into the world and remain there. Cronus, was the most eager to help his mother. So, the two set out to trick Uranus Cronus and Gaia waited for the perfect opportunity to enact their plan. Finally, one night, when Uranus came to Gaia’s bed, Cronus crept out of Gaia’s womb and stabbed his cruel father with a sickle, a curved knife used to harvest crops. In some other myths Cronus castrated Uranus it was meant to seprate the earth from sky/heaven. As Uranus lay dying, his fears of being overthrown by one of his children having come true, Uranus leaned forward and cursed his son: “Cronus,” he pronounced, gasping for breath, “it will come to pass that one of your children will do to you what you have just done to me.” Then, with a final shudder, Uranus died, a look of anger and betrayal in his eyes. Cronus married his sister, the Titan named Rhea"

 

     This is the Egyptian Creation Story:

 

"Day One

- Creation of light
- In the beginning there was only water, a chaos of churning, bubbling water, this the Egyptians called Nu or Nun. It was out of Nu that everything began.
- Then the sun god Ra emerged out of primeval chaos, he came out of a blue giant lotus flower that appeared on the surface of the water.
- Ra gave light to the universe

 

Day Two

- Creation of air and moisture - Ra created the air god Shu and his wife Tefnut the goddess of moisture,

 

Day Three

- Creation of Earth and Sky - Shu and Tefnut gave birth to the sky- goddess Nut and the earth god Geb, and so the physical universe was created.
- Ra seems to rest while his sons and daughters are completing the task of creation, this is in accordance with the polytheistic beliefs of ancient Egyptians

Day Four

- Creation of Calendar - Against Ra's orders, Geb and Nut married. Ra was incensed and ordered Shu to separate them, which he did. But Nut was already pregnant, although unable to give birth as Ra had decreed she could not give birth in any month of any year.
- Thoth, the god of learning, decided to help her and gambling with the moon for extra light, was able to add five extra days to the 360-day calendar. On those five days Nut gave birth to Osiris, Horus the Elder, Seth, Isis, and Nephthys successively.
- Even the heavenly bodies are seen as serving human needs, by providing the basis for a calendar.

 

Day Five, Six and Seven

- Creation of Life - Khnum created the living creatures on his potter's wheel.
- He modeled the animals, plants and people of the earth.
- A detailed description of how he created humans is found at Esna Temple. It describes how he orders the bloodstream to cover the bones, and makes the skin enclose the body. He then makes the respiratory system and the food digestion.
- In contrast with the Hebrew mythology, the work of Khnum was seen as a continuous task, he was seen as a deity sitting on his potter's wheel constantly working in creating life."

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     The Enuma Elish is a Babylonian myth of creation and because it has seven tablets this will also be a quick version, just put down the most important parts:

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"When on high the heaven had not been named, Firm ground below had not been called by name, When primordial Apsu, their begetter, And Mummu-Tiamat, she who bore them all,

(In some versions it spells Tiamat as Ti-amut only here in this line and the rest it spells it the same, amtu means ‘virgin’ and has only in the combination with ti the phonetic value amat to form the proper name Ti-amat. Mummu means clever person, a person of genius, the craftsman god.)

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Their waters mingled as a single body, Then it was that the gods were formed in the midst of heaven. Anshar and Kishar were formed, surpassing the others. Long were the days, then there came forth.....Anu was their heir, of his fathers the rival; Yes, Anshar's first-born, Anu, was his equal. Anu begot in his image Nudimmud. This Nudimmud was of his fathers the master; Of broad wisdom, understanding, mighty in strength, Mightier by far than his grandfather, Anshar. They disturbed Tiamat as they surged back and forth, they troubled the belly of Tiamat By their hilarity in the Abode of Heaven. Come here and let us go to Tiamat!"They went and sat down before Tiamat, Exchanging counsel about the gods, their first-born. Apsu, opening his mouth, Said to resplendent Tiamat: "Their ways are truly loathsome to me. By day I find no relief, nor repose by night. I will destroy, I will wreck their ways, That quiet may be restored. Let us have rest!" As soon as Tiamat heard this, She was furious and called out to her husband. She cried out aggrieved, as she raged all alone, She uttered a curse, and unto Apsu she spoke: "What? Should we destroy that which we have built? Their ways indeed are most troublesome, but let us attend kindly!" When Apsu heard this, his face grew radiant, because of the evil he planned against the gods, his sons. Now whatever they had plotted between them, Was repeated unto the gods, their first-born.

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When the gods heard this, they were astir Surpassing in wisdom, accomplished, resourceful, Ea, the all-wise, saw through their scheme. A master design against it he devised and set up, Made artful his spell against it, surpassing and holy. He recited it and made it subsist in the deep, As he poured sleep upon him. Sound asleep he lay. When he had made Apsu prone, drenched with sleep, Mummu, the adviser, was powerless to stir. He loosened his band, tore off his tiara, Removed his halo and put it on himself. Having fettered Apsu, he slew him.

Mummu he bound and left behind lock. In the heart of Apsu was Marduk created, In the heart of holy Apsu was Marduk created. He who begot him was Ea, his father; She who bore him was Damkina, his mother. The breast of goddesses he did suck. The nurse that nursed him filled him with awesomeness. Alluring was his figure, sparkling the lift of his eyes.
Lordly was his gait, commanding from of old. When Ea saw him, the father who begot him, He exulted and glowed, his heart filled with gladness. He rendered him perfect and endowed him with a double godhead. Greatly exalted was he above them, exceeding throughout. Perfect were his members beyond comprehension, Unsuited for understanding, difficult to perceive. Four were his eyes, four were his ears; When he moved his lips, fire blazed forth.

Large were all four hearing organs, And the eyes, in like number, scanned all things. He was the loftiest of the gods, surpassing was his stature; His members were enormous, he was exceeding tall. Anu brought forth and begot the fourfold wind Consigning to its power the leader of the host. He fashioned . . . , stationed the whirlwind, Then Tiamat wanted to avenge Aspu and to have rest from all this. She set up the Viper, the Dragon, and the monster Lahamu, Sphinx, The Great-Lion, the Mad-Dog, and the Scorpion-Man, Mighty lion-demons, the Dragon-Fly, the Centaur- Bearing weapons that do not spare, fearless in battle. All together eleven of this kind she brought forth. From among the gods, her first-born, who formed her Assembly, She elevated Kingu, made him chief among them. "I have cast for you the spell, exalting you in the Assembly of the gods. To counsel all the gods I have given you full power. Truly, you are supreme, you are my only consort! Your utterance shall prevail over all the Anunnaki!" She gave him the Tablet of Destinies, fastened on his breast: "As for you, your command shall be unchangeable, your word shall endure!" As soon as Kingu was elevated, possessed of the rank of Anu, they decreed the fate for the gods, his sons: She prepared for battle against the gods, her offspring. To avenge Apsu, Tiamat planned evil. As soon as Ea heard of this matter, He went to Anshar, his fore father. "My father, Tiamat, she who bore us, detests us. She has set up the Assembly and is furious with rage. All the gods have rallied to her; Even those whom you brought forth march at her side. But Marduk came forth, the wisest of gods, your son, his heart having prompted him to set out to face Tiamat. He opened his mouth, saying unto me: "If I indeed, as your avenger, Am to vanquish Tiamat and save your lives, Set up the Assembly, proclaim supreme my destiny! They entered before Anshar, filling Ubshukinna. They kissed one another in the Assembly. They held converse as they sat down to the banquet. They ate bread, they mixed wine. They wetted their drinking-tubes with sweet intoxicant. As they drank the strong drink, their bodies swelled. They became very languid as their spirits rose. For Marduk, their avenger, they fixed the decrees. They erected for him a princely throne. Facing his fathers, he sat down, presiding. "You are the most honored of the great gods, Your decree is unrivaled, your command is Anu. You, Marduk, are the most honored of the great gods, Your decree is unrivaled, your word is Anu. From this day your pronouncement shall be unchangeable.
To raise or bring low--these shall be in your hand. Your utterance shall be true, your command shall be unimpeachable.

No one among the gods shall transgress your bounds! O Marduk, you are indeed our avenger. We have granted you kingship over the universe entire. When you sit in Assembly your word shall be supreme. Your weapons shall not fail; they shall smash your foes! O lord, spare the life of him who trusts you, But pour out the life of the god who seized evil." Having placed in their midst a garment, They addressed themselves to Marduk, their first-born: May thy fate, O lord, be supreme among the gods, Say but to wreck or create; it shall be. Open your mouth: the garment will vanish!

Speak again, and the garment shall be whole!" At the word of his mouth the garment vanished. He spoke again, and the garment was restored. When the gods, his fathers, saw the fruit of his word, Joyfully they did homage: "Marduk is king!" They conferred on him scepter, throne, and vestment; They gave him matchless weapons that ward off the foes:

"Go and cut off the life of Tiamat. May the winds bear her blood to places undisclosed." Bel's destiny thus fixed, the gods, his fathers, Caused him to go the way of success and attainment. He constructed a bow, marked it as his weapon,
Attached thereto the arrow, fixed its bow-cord. He raised the mace, made his right hand grasp it; Bow and quiver he hung at his side. In front of him he set the lightning, With a blazing flame he filled his body.

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He then made a net to enfold Tiamat therein. The four winds he stationed that nothing of her might escape, The South Wind, the North Wind, the East Wind, the West Wind. Close to his side he held the net, the gift of his father, Anu. He brought forth Imhullu "the Evil Wind," the Whirl-wind, the Hurricane, The Fourfold Wind, the Sevenfold Wind, the Cyclone, the Matchless Wind; Then he sent forth the winds he had brought forth, the seven of them. To stir up the inside of Tiamat they rose up behind him. Then the lord raised up the flood-storm, his mighty weapon. He mounted the storm-chariot irresistible and terrifying.

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He harnessed and yoked to it a team-of-four, The Killer, the Relentless, the Trampler, the Swift. Their lips were parted, their teeth bore poison. They were tireless and skilled in destruction. On his right he posted the Smiter, fearsome in battle, On the left the Combat, which repels all the zealous. For a cloak he was wrapped in an armor of terror; With his fearsome halo his head was turbaned. The lord went forth and followed his course, Towards the raging Tiamat he set his face. Tiamat emitted a cry, without turning her neck, Framing savage defiance in her lips: "You are too important for the lord of the gods to rise up against you! Is it in their place that they have gathered, or in your place?" Thereupon the lord, having raised the flood-storm, his mighty weapon, To enraged Tiamat he sent word as follows: "Why are you risen, haughtily exalted, You have charged your own heart to stir up conflict, . . . sons reject their own fathers, while you, who have born them, have foresworn love! You have appointed Kingu as your consort, conferring upon him the rank of Anu, not rightfully his. Against Anshar, king of the gods, you seek evil; Against the gods, my fathers, you have confirmed your wickedness. Though your forces are drawn up, your weapons girded on,
Stand up, that I and you might meet in single combat!" When Tiamat heard this, She was like one possessed; she took leave of her senses. In fury Tiamat cried out aloud. To the roots her legs shook both together.

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She recites a charm, keeps casting her spell, While the gods of battle sharpen their weapons. Then Tiamat and Marduk joined issue, wisest of gods. They strove in single combat, locked in battle. The lord spread out his net to enfold her,
The Evil Wind, which followed behind, he let loose in her face. When Tiamat opened her mouth to consume him, He drove in the Evil Wind while as yet she had not shut her lips As the terrible winds filled her belly, Her body was distended and her mouth was wide open.

He released the arrow, it tore her belly, It cut through her insides, splitting the heart. Having thus subdued her, he extinguished her life. He cast down her carcass to stand upon it. After he had slain Tiamat, the leader, Her band was shattered, her troupe broken up; And the gods, her helpers who marched at her side, Trembling with terror, turned their backs about, In order to save and preserve their lives. Tightly encircled, they could not escape.

He made them captives and he smashed their weapons. Thrown into the net, they found themselves ensnared; Placed in cells, they were filled with wailing; Bearing his wrath, they were held imprisoned. And the eleven creatures which she had charged with awe, The whole band of demons that marched on her right, He cast into fetters, their hands he bound. For all their resistance, he trampled them underfoot. And Kingu, who had been made chief among them, He bound and accounted him to Uggae. He took from him the Tablet of Destinies, not rightfully his, Sealed them with a seal and fastened them on his breast.

When he had vanquished and subdued his adversaries, Had wholly established Anshar's triumph over the foe, Had achieved Nudimmud's desire, valiant Marduk Strengthened his hold on the vanquished gods, And turned back to Tiamat whom he had bound. The lord trod on the legs of Tiamat, With his unsparing mace he crushed her skull.

When the arteries of her blood he had severed, The North Wind bore it to places undisclosed. On seeing this, his fathers were joyful and jubilant, They brought gifts of homage to him. Then the lord paused to view her dead body, That he might divide the form and do artful works. He split her like a shellfish into two parts: Half of her he set up as a covering for heaven, Pulled down the bar and posted guards. He bade them to allow not her waters to escape. (The Waters of Heaven that flooded the Earth?) He crossed the heavens and surveyed the regions. He squared Apsu's quarter, the abode of Nudimmud, As the lord measured the dimensions of Apsu. The Great Abode, its likeness, he fixed as Esharra, The Great Abode, Esharra, which he made as the firmament. Anu, Enlil, and Ea he made occupy their places. (In other versions it say Bel not Enlil) He constructed stations for the great gods, Fixing their astral likenesses as the stars of the Zodiac. He determined the year and into sections he divided it; He set up three constellations for each of the twelve months. After defining the days of the year by means of heavenly figures, He founded the station of the pole star [Nebiru] to determine their bounds, That none might err or go astray. Alongside it he set up the stations of Enlil and Ea. Having opened up the gates on both sides, He strengthened the locks to the left and the right.

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In her belly he established the zenith. The Moon he caused to shine, entrusting the night to him. He appointed him a creature of the night to signify the days, And marked off every month, without cease, by means of his crown. At the month's very start, rising over the land, You shall have luminous horns to signify six days, On the seventh day reaching a half-crown. So shall the fifteen-day period be like one another-two halves for each month. When the sun overtakes you at the base of heaven, Diminish your crown and retrogress in light. And had established the precincts of night and day, Taking the spittle of Tiamat Marduk created . . . He formed the clouds and filled them with water. The raising of winds, the bringing of rain and cold, These he planned himself, took into his own hand. Putting her head into position he formed thereon the mountains, Opening the deep which was in flood, He caused to flow from her eyes the Euphrates and Tigris, Stopping her nostrils he left . . . , He formed from her breasts the lofty mountains, Therein he drilled springs for the wells to carry off the water. Twisting her tail he bound it to Durmah, Thus he covered the heavens and established the earth. He founded the shrines and handed them over to Ea. The Tablet of Destinies which he had taken from Kingu he carried, He brought it as the first gift of greeting, he gave it to Anu.

 

A second speech they made, they all spoke:

"His name shall be Lugaldimmerankia, trust in him!" (Lugal?) When they had given the sovereignty to Marduk, They declared for him a formula of good fortune and success: I will call its name Babylon which means the houses of the great gods, I shall build it with the skill of craftsmen. When the gods, his fathers, heard this speech of his, They put the following question to Marduk, their firstborn: "Over all that your hands have created, Who will have your authority?

Over the ground which your hands have created, Who will have your power? "Formerly the lord was merely our beloved son, Now he is our king, proclaim his title! He whose pure incantation gave us life, He is the lord of splendor, mace, and sceptre. Ea who knows the skill of all crafts, Let him prepare the plans, we will be the workers."

This is the Babylon Creation of man in the sixth Tablet of Creation: When Marduk heard the words of the gods, His heart prompted him to fashion artful works. Opening his mouth, he addressed Ea To impart the plan he had conceived in his heart: "I will take blood and fashion bone. I will establish a savage, ‘man’ shall be his name. truly, savage-man I will create.

(In some other versions it says – My blood will I take and bone will I fashion I will make man, that man may I will create man who shall inhabit the earth, that the service of the gods may be established, and that their shrines may be built.)

He shall be charged with the service of the gods That they might be at ease! The ways of the gods I will artfully alter. Though alike revered, into two groups they shall be divided." Ea answered him, speaking a word to him, Giving him another plan for the relief of the gods: "Let but one of their brothers be handed over; He alone shall perish that mankind may be fashioned. Let the great gods be here in Assembly, Let the guilty be handed over that they may endure." Marduk summoned the great gods to Assembly; Presiding graciously, he issued instructions. To his utterance the gods pay heed. "If your former statement was true, Now declare the truth on oath by me! Who was it that contrived the uprising, And made Tiamat rebel, and joined battle? Let him be handed over who contrived the uprising.
His guilt I will make him bear. You shall dwell in peace!" The Igigi, the great gods, replied to him, To Lugaldimmerankia, counselor of the gods, their lord: "It was Kingu who contrived the uprising, And made Tiamat rebel, and joined battle."

They bound him, holding him before Ea. They imposed on him his punishment and severed his blood vessels. Out of his blood they fashioned mankind. He imposed on him the service and let free the gods. After Ea, the wise, had created mankind, Had imposed upon them the service of the gods-- That work was beyond comprehension; As artfully planned by Marduk, did Nudimmud create it-- Marduk, the king of the gods divided He assigned them to Anu to guard his instructions. Three hundred in the heavens he stationed as a guard. In like manner the ways of the earth he defined. In heaven and on earth six hundred thus he settled. After he had ordered all the instructions, The seven gods of destiny set up the three hundred in heaven. Enlil raised the bow, his weapon, and laid it before them. The gods, his fathers, saw the net he had made. When they beheld the bow, how skillful its shape, His fathers praised the work he had wrought. Raising it, Anu spoke up in the Assembly of the gods, As he kissed the bow: "This is my daughter! He named the names of the bow as follows: "Longwood is the first, the second is Accurate; Its third name is Bow-Star, in heaven I have made it shine." When the great gods had assembled, They extolled the destiny of Marduk, they bowed down, They pronounced among themselves a curse, Swearing by water and oil to place life in jeopardy. When they had granted him the exercise of kingship of the gods, When they had given him dominion over the gods of heaven and underworld, Let his sovereignty be surpassing, having no rival. May he shepherd the black-headed ones, his creatures.
To the end of days, without forgetting, let them acclaim his ways. May he establish for his fathers the great food-offerings; Their support they shall furnish, shall tend their sanctuaries. May he cause incense to be smelled, . . . their spells, Make a likeness on earth of what he has wrought in heaven. May he order the black-headed to revere him, May the subjects ever bear in mind to speak of their god, And may they at his word pay heed to the goddess. May food-offerings be borne for their gods and goddesses."

 

Heres the Norse Myth about Creation:

To the north lies Niflheim, covered by ice and snow. To the south lies Múspell, a world seething in fire and flames.

Between was a vast emptiness called Ginnungagap. Venomous water from the spring Hvergelmir in Niflheim flowed into this emptiness, freezing again and again, layer after layer of ice and rime frost.

Hot winds from Múspell blew over the ice, causing it to thaw and drip.

Life began in these drops and took the form of the giant, Ymir, the first of the evil frost giants.

As Ymir slept, he sweated. A man and a woman grew out of the ooze under his left armpit, and one of Ymir's legs fathered a six headed son on the other leg. Thus, Ymir was the forefather of all the giants.

Some of the other melting ice took the form of a cow, Auðhumla. From her teats ran four rivers of milk, enough to nourish Ymir. She fed off the ice, licking the salty blocks. Her licking formed one of the blocks into the shape of a man. The shape became animated, and the man named Búri walked free out of the ice.

Búri had a son called Bor, who married Bestla, the daughter of a giant. They produced three sons, Óðin, Vili, and Vé.

The three sons of Bor had no use for Ymir and his growing family of brutish giants. They attacked and killed Ymir. So much blood flowed from Ymir's body that it drowned all the other giants except for Bergelmir and his wife, who rode away in a hollowed out tree trunk floating on a sea of gore. All the giants today are descended from them.

Óðin, Vili, and Vé took Ymir's body to the center of Ginnungagap. From his body, they made the world. Ymir's flesh became the earth, and his unbroken bones the mountains. From his teeth and bone fragments, they made rocks and stones. They used his blood to make the lakes and ocean encircling the world. They raised Ymir's skull over the earth to make the sky and placed a dwarf at each of the four corners to hold up the sky. Glowing embers from Múspell were thrown into the sky to make the sun and moon and stars and planets. Ymir's brains were thrown into the sky to make the clouds. Ymir's eyebrows were used to make a fortification around the world, to protect against the giants. Inside the fortification is Miðgarð, the realm of man.

One day, Óðin, Vili, and Vé were walking along the land and came across two trees with their roots ripped out of the ground. One was an ash, the other an elm. They fashioned these into the first man and woman. Óðin breathed into them the spirit of life. Vili provided consciousness, wits, and a feeling hearts. Vé gave them the gifts of hearing and sight. The man was called Ask (ash) and the woman Embla (elm), and they were given Miðgarð in which to live. All the races of men are descended from them.

One of the giants had a daughter named Nótt (night); her son was named Dag (day). Óðin set them in horse-drawn chariots in the sky to ride around the world. Nótt leads the way, and her horse is called Hrim-faxi. The drips from his bit form the morning dew. Dag follows drawn by his horse Skin-faxi, whose gleaming mane lights up the sky and the earth

A man living in Miðgarð had a son and daughter so beautiful that he called them Sól (sun) and Máni (moon). Angered by the man's daring, Óðin snatched the children and placed them in the sky to guide the chariots of the sun and the moon. The sun and the moon are always in a great hurry because they are being chased by wolves, sons of a giantess.

From the maggots that crawled in Ymir's flesh, Óðin, Vili, and Vé created dwarves. They have shape and wits of men, but they live under the earth in caves.

Finally, the three brothers built their own realm. Ásgarð is a mighty stronghold, with green plains and shining palaces high over Miðgarð. They built the rainbow bridge Bifröst to link Ásgarð to Miðgarð. The Æsir, the guardians of men, crossed over the bridge and settled in Ásgarð. Óðin Alfaður is oldest and greatest of them all. And this was the beginning of all that has happened. This era is considered to have been the "golden age" of the Norse gods. The poem Völuspá describes an era free of strife, in which there was no lack, no worry, and no rivalry. In the meadow, the gods played a board game using golden playing pieces.

The Yoruba Creation myth

The Yoruba creator is called Olorun or Olodumare and is often assisted by the spirit, or "lesser god", Obatala. In the beginning, there was only water and chaos. The supreme being sent Obatala or Orishanla down from the sky to create some land out of the chaos. He descended on a long chain (umbilical cord) and brought with him a chicken, a shell full of sand, and a palm kernel. First, he poured the sand from the shell onto the earth and the chicken on top of that. The chicken kicked at the sand and spread it out to create land. Then he planted the palm seed and from it grew the Earth's first kingdom, of which he was the first ruler and all of yoruba are his descendants. Olorun named earth "Ife" and the first city "Ile-Ife." Orishanla created humans out of the earth and got Olorun to blow life into them

Mansi Creation myth

The traditional account of creation by the Mansi people of Siberia involved two loons which dove to the bottom of primeval waters to retrieve a piece of the bottom and placed it on top of the water. From there the Earth grew. After a time, at the behest of his daughter, the spirit of the sky ordered his brother, the spirit of the lower world to create humanity. His brother made seven earthy, clay figures and which were quickened by the gods' sister, Mother Earth.

Japanese mythology

According to Shinto mythology, at the beginning of time the heavens and the earths were mixed together in a great cloud. The lighter parts rose up and became heaven, heavier parts descended and became an ocean of muddy water. A pale green sprout began to grow and, when the plant’s flower burst open, the First God emerged. This First God created Izanagi, the god of all that is light and heavenly and his wife and sister Izanami. The First God gave Izanagi the task of finishing the creation of the world. Standing on rainbow called Ama-no-ukihashi (the floating bridge of the heavens), Izanagi and Izanami plunged a jewel crested spear into the ocean. When they pulled it free, the water that dripped from the spear coagulated and formed the first island of the Japanese archipelago. Izanagi and Izanami went down to this island and, from there, made the islands of Japan.

Creek Creation Myth

The Creek believe that the world was originally entirely underwater. The only land was a hill, called Nunne Chaha, and on the hill was a house, wherein lived Esaugetuh Emissee ("master of breath"). After thousands upon thousands of years he got lonely and decided he would create humanity out of clay.

 

Iroquois Creation Myth

In the beginning, the world was not as we know it now. It was a water world inhabited only by animals and creatures of the air who could survive without land.

Up above, the Sky World was quite different. Human-type beings lived there with infinite types of plants and animals to enjoy.

In the Sky World, there was a Tree of Life that was very special to the people of the Sky World. They knew that it grew at the entrance to the world below and forbade anyone to tamper with the Tree. One woman who was soon to give birth was curious about the Tree and convinced her brother to uproot the Tree.

Beneath the Tree was a great hole. The woman peered from the edge into the hole and suddenly fell off the edge. As she was falling she grasped at the edge and clutched in her hand some of the earth from the Sky World. As she fell, the birds of the world below were disturbed and alerted to her distress. The birds responded and gathered a great many of their kind to break her fall and cradle her to the back of a great sea turtle. The creatures of the water believed that she needed land to live on, so they set about to collect some for her. They dove to the great depths of the world's oceans to gather earth to make her a place to live. Many of the animals tried to gather the earth from the ocean floor, only the muskrat was successful. With only a small bit of earth brought onto turtle's back from his small paws, Turtle Island began to grow.

The Sky Woman soon gave birth to a daughter on Turtle Island. The daughter grew fast. There were no man-beings on Turtle Island, but a being known as the West Wind married the daughter of Sky Woman.

Soon the daughter of Sky Woman gave birth to Twins. One was born the natural way, and he was called the Right-Handed Twin. The other was born in a way that caused the death of the mother. He was called the Left-Handed Twin. When their mother died, their grandmother, Sky Woman, took a fistful of earth that she grasped from the edge of the Sky World, and placed it on her daughter's grave. The earth carried special seeds from the Sky World that were nourished by the earth over her daughter. So from the body of her daughter came the Sacred Tobacco, Strawberry and Sweetgrass. We call these Kionhekwa. The Life Givers.

The Right and Left-Handed Twins were endowed with special creative powers. The Right-Handed Twin created gentle hills, beautiful smelling flowers, quiet brooks, butterflies and numerous creatures, plants and earth formations. His brother the Left-Handed Twin made snakes, thorns on rose bushes, thunder and lightning and other more disturbing attributes of today's world. Together, they created man and his many attributes. The Right-Handed Twin believed in diplomacy and conflict resolution. The Left-Handed Twin believed in conflict as resolution. They were very different, but all that they created is an integral part of this Earth's Creation.

Their Grandmother, Sky Woman, now came to the end of her life. When she died, the Twins fought over her body and pulled it apart, throwing her head into the sky. As part of the Sky World, there her head remained to shine upon the world as Grandmother Moon. The Twins could not live together without fighting. They agreed to dwell in different realms of the earth. The Right-Handed Twin continued to live in the daylight and the Left-Handed Twin became a dweller of the night. Both of them continue their special duties to their Mother the Earth.

Finally we have the Bibles Creation Story:

God creates heaven and earth

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

the light

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.1 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

the firmament

6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.3 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

separates the dry land

9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

forms the sun, moon, and stars

14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

fishes and fowls

20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

cattle, wild beasts, and creeping things

24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

That was just a few of the Creation Stories that I liked there are many more. Notice that in the beginning there was only darkness and water. Then God came forth, and started creating the world. What is interesting is the Bibles Stray. On the first day God created light to separate the darkness an made day an night. Then on the fourth day God created the Sun and the Moon. So what was that first Day Light? What I Think it is , Wisdom or Jesus Christ. Heres my reasoning, in Proverbs 8:22-31 it says:

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.5 6 27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:7 28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: 29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: 30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; 31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

Its talking about wisdom was brought forth before anything was created.

 

When God created man, man was both male and female, God sepreates them to make two different people because they were as once one human being. What if iniquity was the bone that God took out of Adam to make Eve. Adam was perfect in the beginning Eve was the first to fall an then made Adam to follow.

 

When the sons of God came down to mingle with men an women I Believe they were the ANUNNAKI. The Anunnaki are the Fallen Angels.