Creation Myths

While watching the myths of creation by the different groups on different continents, I noticed they all had some parts in common. All of them wanted an explanation to why they are here and what their purpose is, so they made up stories to “answer” these questions. The three I watched had gods who created everything step by step including the first human beings. A lot of the myths are of course false and very hard to believe but I understand back then they were not to smart. I don’t even know how these myths can be called legit, did they really have comprehensible forms of writing and communication back then? I’m not sure where they came from and I doubt they are authentic, by that I mean I don’t think these are the original myths and stories. It’s pretty hard for these stories to stand the test of time and not be altered with and for us to truly decipher and know what they were saying. At the present time, it’s hard to watch some of these and take them seriously, I guess that’s why they are called myths.

On the other hand, one interesting comparison of some of the myths are how the groups all had some sort of god or multiple gods who created them and they control everything around them such as the sun, water, and earth. They were created to worship the gods and do the up keep of the earth. You can even see a lot of similarities to the religions now a day if you look closer in detail. You just have to see the symbols that they used back then to see what they are trying to portray. It is kind of hard when they have an elaborate story of a raven flapping his wings and a woman comes out or a man being born from a pea pod. I think it is amazing that all these different groups on different continents, which had no way of communicating to each other, come up with similar creation stories. And some of these stories are closely related to some of today’s religious creation stories. This made me think a little more about if there is “some” truth in these myths. But all I could come up with is that when people are vulnerable and looking for answers to how and why they are here. They can’t grasp the concept of evolution in those times, they immediately gravitate to a higher being placing them here and I think that stuck through the generations. But I also don’t believe us humans and every living thing on earth evolved from one type of organism or bacteria. I believe in a hybrid of beliefs and ideas from religious to scientific, and I think that’s the only way to think until we know for sure. There is a missing link somewhere and I think we will discover it in my time here on earth, at least I hope so.