Creation stories Creation stories Ainulindalë ("EYE-new-LYNN-da-lee", Quenya for Music of the Ainur or, more literally, Ainu-singing) is the first chapter of The Silmarillion, which is an abridged and condensed collection of fictional myths presented as histories, written by J. R. R. Tolkien, and edited and published posthumously in 1977 by his son, Christopher Tolkien. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ainulindalë"
Creation according to Genesis refers to the description of the creation of the heavens and the earth by God, as described in Genesis, the first book of the Bible. The text spans Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of the book of Genesis. The Original Hebrew has been translated into English on innumerable occasions; the most famous of these is the King James version . ...more on Wikipedia about "Creation according to Genesis"
Enûma Elish is the creation epic of Babylonian mythology. It was first discovered by modern scholars (in fragmentary form) in the ruined library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh ( Mosul, Iraq). ...more on Wikipedia about "Enûma Elish"
The Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, tell the following story, or creation myth, to explain how the world was created: ...more on Wikipedia about "Māori creation myth"
(Nüwa) In Chinese mythology, Nüwa ( Traditional Chinese: 女媧 Simplified Chinese: 女娲 Pinyin: nǚwā) is mythological character best known for reproducing people after a great calamity. Other later traditions would attribute this feat as a creation myth to either Pangu or Yu Huang. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nüwa"
In Egyptian mythology, the Ogdoad are the eight deities worshipped in Hermopolis. They were arranged in four male-female pairs, with the males associated with frogs, and the females with snakes: Nu/Naunet, Amun/ Amaunet, Kuk/Kauket, Huh/Hauhet. Apart from their gender, there was little to distinguish the male god in a pair from the female goddess; indeed, the names of the females are merely the female forms of the male name. Essentially, each pair represents the male and female aspect of one of four concepts, namely water (Nu/Naunet), air (Amun/Amunet), darkness (Kuk/Kauket), and eternity (Huh/Hauhet). ...more on Wikipedia about "Ogdoad"
The Popol Vuh ( Quiché for "Council Book" or "Book of the Community"; Popol Wuj in modern spelling) is the book of scripture of the Quiché, a Kingdom of the Maya civilization in Guatemala. ...more on Wikipedia about "Popol Vuh"
Völuspá (The Prophecy of the Seeress) is the first poem in the Poetic Edda. It tells the story of the creation of the world and its coming end related by a völva or seeress addressing Odin. It is one of the most important primary sources for the study of Norse mythology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Völuspá"
A world egg or cosmic egg is a mythological motif found in the creation myths of many cultures and civilizations. Typically, the world egg is a beginning of some sort, and the universe or some primordial being comes into existence by "hatching" from the egg. ...more on Wikipedia about "World egg"
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