Cosmic Creation Myths Across Cultures

Cosmic Creation Myths Across Cultures

Creation myths are stories told all throughout time to depict how the world was framed and started. There are a few creation myths crosswise over various cultures. Stories of how the first people came to inhabit the earth. The Native Americans have a few myths. The Seminole Indians believe in a Creator who is otherwise called the Grandfather of everything. They thought the Creator made the earth. "He then made all the animals of the world. The next step in his creation was to place all living things in a shell and placed it beside a tree. The creator was hoping that the panther would be the first one to leave the shell. However, the shell sat for a long time. Overtime the root of the tree formed with the shell and finally a crack appeared. Then the winds helped to make the crack wider. The bird began to peck at the crack until finally the panther emerged from the shell. The rest of the animals followed after that and they all went out to find their proper place on Earth" (nativeamcreation.html, 2015).

The creator in this myth is a man. There does not appear to have any importance to this. One can just accept that man was constantly viewed as the more noteworthy being. The Zulu myth starts with only one seed that tumbled to the Earth. Once the seed flourished in the earth, Uthlanga started to develop. These are long reeds that signify "the wellspring for goodness' sake". The first to develop developed into a man. His name was Unkulunkulu. He is known as the First Man and the maker for goodness' sake. Unkulunkulu strolled everywhere throughout the earth and picked off the other men and ladies that were becoming off of the reeds. He did likewise with every one of the creatures that were developing and named them. He then made the moon, sun, rain, wind, mountains, valleys, and lakes. He assembled the first men and ladies and demonstrated