Topic:Creation myths
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In this place, information on the different creation myths of the World will be gathered as as basis for comparative studies.
This page is part of the School of comparative Mythology.
[edit] Wikipedia Category
Wikipedia Category about Creation Stories
Wikipedia article about origin beliefs
[edit] African Creation Myths
[edit] Baluba
Wikipedia article on the creation myth of Kabezya-Mpungu from Baluba (Kongo)
See also the Wikipedia article on the Baluba. The Creation deity Kabezya-Mpungu decides that humans should see him no longer. After ordering the forces of the world, he disappears. As a "replacement" he sends Mutima, the heart (the life-giving principle). So in this myth, an interesting connection is made between the invisibility or unavailability of God and the endowment of humans with a divine component.
[edit] Middle Eastern Creation Myth
[edit] Book of Genesis
The initial part of the Book of Genesis (Hebr. Bereschit), the first book of the Tora as well as the Bible, contains the creation mythology of both the Jewish and the Christian religions. See Wikipedia article on the book of Genesis and Wikipedia article on creation according to the book of genesis.
