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Primary Sources Are Basic The Raw Materials Used by Historians To Analyze
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man. The Hebrews had their creation story concerning the relationship between man and God
and man’s downfall. P’an ku was China’s creation concerning the existence of man threatened
by conflicts of the spirits. In Rig Veda, the social ladder for man and his death are necessary for
universal order. Yet with the geographical differences between each story, all three are similar in
Humans are created to multiply and serve the Earth they dominate. The cultures that
emphasize the creation of living things commonly share that out of a void a light sparked the
beginning of time. The designs for the Earth were laid out, continuing with the animals and
finally the creation of man. Unlike the Hindu creation story Rig Veda, in the Hebrew context and
the Chinese creation stories, man is in need of a companion to someone of the opposite sex. Eve
was created to be a companion to Adam in the Hebrew script. In China’s P’an Ku, man was
created to be faithful towards one another and to multiply. The hidu creation story, Rig Veda,
man was separated in classes to fill a cosmic order. The Kshatriya came out as warriors, the
Vaisya worked in agriculture, and the sudra were servile. The connection between all three of
these creation stories are that mankind plays a role in the world and (in the case of Rig Veda) the
cosmological order.
Overall, humans were deliberately created to communicate with their creator. The
Hebrews believed that God created man to enjoy the world and fill their role in the world. God
gave them free will without original sin to enjoy the Garden of Eden. It was until the serpent
tempted them to eat the fruit of the tree that caused their downfall. Like, the Hebrews, in the
story of P’an Ku, man enjoyed marriage and its ways. Men were able to weave nets and had a
conscious and spoke their thoughts. It was until a conflict from Heaven between the Spirit of
Water, Kung-Kung and the Spirit of Fire, Chi-Jung. The conflict threatened to put an end to all
creation until peace was restored by the goddess, Nu-kua. Rig-veda depicted the Parusa as
Hebrews, unlike the Chinese and the Hindus, believe in free will of the individual. Adam
and Eve chose to eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The world was
created from the word of God and from light, the world was created. Man was created to enjoy
the fruits of the garden God created. Eve was created to be the companion of Adam. P’an-Ku
also touched up on how man learned the ways of marriage. The Chinese and the Indians
believed that man has no free will, and that the gods and goddesses control the lives of man and
to balance the cosmological order. China’s creation story pitted man in a war between the Water
spirit and the fire spirit. In Rig Veda, The Gods and goddesses feed off the humans and be
designated to classes with certain roles for the universe. Humans in all three-creation stories play
a special role to rule over the other living things whether their fate is determined by a higher
power.