CREATION STORIES

CATEGORIES GREEK MYTHOLOGY

BEGINNING Chaos (Vast immeasurable abyss)
FIRST THING THAT CAME TO Love
EMERGENCE
FIRST COUPLE/ BEING Gaea and Uranus
SUPREME RULER Zeus
HOW THE WORLD OR EARTH From Uranus spilt blood, Giants,
WAS CREATED Nymphs and Erinyes were formed.
DIVISIONS OF THE WORLD Sky- Zeus
Sea- Poseidon
Underworld- Hades
START OF SUFFERING/ SIN Pandora lifted the lid and out flew
plagues and sorrows for mankind.
HUMANS The story of Prometheus and
Epimetheus, the story of five ages.
CREATURES Mother Earth and Father Heaven
gave birth to the first creatures
(monsters).
 CATEGORIES NORSE MYTHOLOGY
BEGINNING Ginunggagap (Darkness)
FIRST THING THAT CAME TO Frost ogre, Ymir
EMERGENCE

FIRST COUPLE/ BEING Borr and Bestla

SUPREME RULER Odin
HOW THE WORLD OR EARTH WAS From Ymir’s blood they formed sea
CREATED and lakes: his flesh the earth: from his
hair trees and from his bones the
mountains.
DIVISIONS OF THE WORLD Nine realms
START OF SUFFERING/ SIN Jealousy of Loki
HUMANS Odin, Vili and Ve created Ask and
Embla out of mud and they gave them
life through their breath.
 CATEGORIES PHILIPPINE MYTHOLOGY
BEGINNING There were only sea and sky
FIRST THING THAT CAME TO Bird (Beautiful kite)
EMERGENCE

FIRST COUPLE/ BEING Malakas and Maganda

SUPREME RULER Bathala
HOW THE WORLD OR EARTH WAS The world was already created
CREATED

DIVISIONS OF THE WORLD Kaluwalhatian and Kasamaan

START OF SUFFERING/ SIN Bilaan Version: There was a great
rain, people were nearly drowned but
Melu saved them by putting their
noses the other side up.

HUMANS Out of the bamboo, Malakas and

Maganda came out.
 CATEGORIES CHINESE MYTHOLOGY
BEGINNING Chaos and Emptiness
FIRST THING THAT CAME TO Cosmic Egg
EMERGENCE
FIRST COUPLE/ BEING Yin and Yang
SUPREME RULER Pan’ Ku
HOW THE WORLD OR EARTH WAS The world was created out of the egg
CREATED shell.
DIVISIONS OF THE WORLD Tian (Heaven), Diyu (Underworld),
Earth
START OF SUFFERING/ SIN Gonggong, the god of water smashed
his head on Mount Bhuzou that caused
the fall of the sky.
HUMANS Nuwa created the humans out of clay
CREATURES The four most fortunate creatures
immerged form the egg with Pan’ Ku.
These creatures are the Unicorn, the
Dragon, the Phoenix and the Tortoise.
 CATEGORIES CHRISTIAN MYTHOLOGY
BEGINNING There was darkness God created
heaven and earth
FIRST THING THAT CAME TO God created the light
EMERGENCE
FIRST COUPLE/ BEING Adam and Eve
SUPREME RULER God
HOW THE WORLD OR EARTH WAS God created the world in six days
CREATED
DIVISIONS OF THE WORLD Heaven, Earth and Hell
START OF SUFFERING/ SIN God punished Adam and Eve for
eating the fruit of knowledge.
HUMANS God created man out of dust and he
created woman out of the man’s rib.
CREATURES God made the creatures from the fifth
and sixth days of creation.
 CATEGORIES INDIAN MYTHOLOGY
BEGINNING Universe was created and destroyed
FIRST THING THAT CAME TO Cosmic Egg
EMERGENCE
FRIST COUPLE Swayambu Manu and Shatrupa
SUPREME RULER Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva
HOW THE WORLD OR EARTH WAS Brahma split the Lotus flower into
CREATED three, he made one part into heavens,
another into earth, and with the last he
made the skies.
DIVISIONS OF THE WORLD Earth, heaven and sky
START OF SUFFERING/ SIN Creation of women, the source of evil
amongst men.
HUMANS Creator Sun made humans out of mud
CREATURES Brahma created animals and the
insects to live in the land. He made
birds and many fish. To all these
creatures he gave the sense of touch
and smell.
 CATEGORIES EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY
BEGINNING Nun, the endless dark water of chaos
First Thing That Came To Emergence Heka
First Couple/ Being Shu (god of air, whom Atum spat out)
and Tefnut (goddess of moisture, whom
Atum vomited out)
Supreme Ruler Amun-Ra
How the World or Earth Was Created Shu and Tefnut mated and gave birth to
Geb (the earth) and Nut (the sky)
Divisions Of The World Fields of Aaru (Heaven)and Duat
(Underworld)
Start Of Suffering/ Sin The Sun God sent his eye in the form of
Hathor to take vengeance to rebellious
men. Hathor killed and drank the blood
of the people.
Humans God Khnum creates human children
from clay before placing them into their
mother's womb.
SIMILARITIES
Category: Beginning and first thing
that came to emergence
• Main instrument: Most of mythologies
started in nothingness, void, and
formless place before everything was
created then after to this are the
things that came to emergence.
• IDEA: “Everything started with
nothingness or void.”
 Category: First Couple / Being
• Main instrument: Each mythology used
the concept of mother and father as
parents of different creatures, humans,
divine beings, etc.
 Category: Supreme Ruler
• Main instrument: The creation stories of
each mythology all have the Supreme
Being as a god father (man). Each has
responsibilities to take care all about
the created things in the world.
• IDEA: “Man is always superior to
woman.”
 Category: How the World Was
Created
• Main instrument: Creation stories of the
world according to mythologies shows
that the world was created by the
parts, or by reproduction of parent
beings (Norse, Egyptian, Philippine,
and Greek) while other mythologies
(Indian, Christian, Chinese) used
certain things like egg and lotus flower.
Category: Divisions of the World

• Main instrument: The concept of

heaven, hell, and earth are presented
in almost of all mythologies. The
universal principle that there should be
balance between good and bad is
showed in the concept of heaven and
hell while the Earth serves as the place
for shelter for humans.
 Category: Start of Suffering/ First
Sin
• Main instrument: Mostly, woman is
used as a symbol in the start of
suffering, or sin of mankind in Christian,
Indian, and Greek mythology. Woman
is now a symbol of temptation and a
source of evil. And, another is mankind
• IDEA: “Women are symbol of
temptation and curiosity”
 Category: Creation of Humans

• Main instrument: These stories of

human creation in each mythology
used a certain thing (mud, clay,
bamboo, and dust).
CONCLUSION