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Originally posted by preciousjeni
I find it very interesting that so many Initiated Creation stories are so similar.
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Actually the variation of creation stories, even amongst the same cultural/linguistic groups is what I find most facinating...
while at the same time the marked similiarity in specfic stories also raise some interesting questions as well.
For example the we have the Bibilical version where God willed the universe into existance - and made us out of clay... the Babylonians also believe that man and animals where shaped in clay and had life breathed into them. Whereas next door the Eygptians have a more "racy" version, where one of the gods was feeling randy... and uh took matters into his own hands so to speak... and we are what the towel missed
As for similarities though I find it interesting how many cultures along the Eastern Medditerrainan have "flood" myths or stories... I'm of the opinion of some archaeologists and geologists that this may stem from the Black Sea deluge... when the Medditerrainan broke through into the Black Sea basin, and the water level rose a hundred or more feet, obstensively drowning whole villiages or proto-states. An event of this magnitude would easily become a major aspect of oral tradition.
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