The Creation Stories
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The Creation from Genesis 1-2
Creator- God who is a spirit (John 4:24)
and is a light (1 John 1:5).
Before Creation- Earth is formless and
desolate. The raging ocean that covered
everything was engulfed in total darkness,
and the Spirit of God was moving over the
water.
First Day- Light and Darkness
Light was good. “Day” or “Morning”
Darkness as “Night” or “Evening”
Second Day- Sky
A dome or vault, called “Sky”, was
created to separate the waters from the
waters.
Third Day- Land and the Seas, and
Vegetation
The waters under the sky were
gathered together “Seas” and the dry
ground, “lands or the Earth”, appeared.
On the same day, as God was
pleased with what He saw, he commanded
the land or Earth to “produce all kinds of
plants, those that bear grain and those that
bear fruit.”
Fourth Day-Sun, Moon, and Stars
Lights were created to separate day
from night and to show the time when days,
years, and seasons begin, and so two greater
lights appeared, Sun and Moon.
Sun ruling over the day.
Moon ruling over the night.
Stars were also created.
Fifth Day-Sea and Sky Animals
God created all the sea monsters and
all the living creatures in the water, and all
kinds of birds.
God also told the sea animals to
reproduce and fill the waters, while the birds
to increase in number.
Sixth Day- Land Animals and Human
Beings: Adam and Eve
After God created the sea and sky
animals, He commanded for the Earth to
produce all kinds of animal life, domestic or
wild, and small and large.
Then, He created the human beings
(A man and a woman), in His image, to rule
over the animals in the sea, sky and on the
land.
Have many children, so that your
descendants will live all over the earth and
bring it under their control. I am putting you
in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the
wild animals. 29 I have provided all kinds of
grain and all kinds of fruit for you to
eat; 30 but for all the wild animals and for all
the birds I have provided grass and leafy
plants for food”—and it was done.
Seventh Day- God blessed the seventh day
and made it holy. He rested from all his
work of creating.
The Creation from the Greek Mythology
By Hesiod, Theogony
Three tiers of gods and goddesses
Primordial gods- Gaea, Tartarus, Eros,
Erebus
Titans- 2nd generation rulers
Cronus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus,
Oceanus, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, Theia,
Phoebe and Mnemosyne
- immortal giants of incredible strength and
knowledge of old religion rituals and magic.
Olympians- 3rd generation rulers
-in the image of humans and with
human emotions
-interact and often interfere in the
lives of mortals
Greek Personalities
Chaos-a yawning nothingness.
-created Gaea
Gaea- Goddess of the Earth
-Mother and mate of Uranus
-gave birth to the Titans, Cyclops and
Hecatoncheires
-conspired with Cronus to kill Uranus
Uranus- God of sky and heavens
-The son and mate of Gaea who ruled the
starry dome that covered the earth and
represented power and masculinity.
-Prophesized that Cronus will be treated the
same way he treated him.
-Fathered and prisoned his three monstrous
offsprings:
 Cyclopes (Arges, Brontes, Steropes)-
one-eyed monsters
 Hecatoncheires (Briareus, Cottus,
Gyges)- Fifity-headed and a hundred-
handed monsters
 Titans (Cronus, Coeus, Crius,
Hyperion, Iapetus, Oceanus, Rhea,
Tethys, Themis, Theia, Phoebe and
Mnemosyne)
-immortal giants of incredible strength
and knowledge of old religion rituals
and magic.
Tartarus-the second entity to come into
existence, and shortly after his birth he
settled in the deepest bosom of the Earth
-Abyss and underworld
-Referred to as both a god and a place
-guarded by Campe-dragon-like monster
Eros-God of Love and Sex
Erebus-God of Darkness and Shadow
Cronus-titan god of time, fertility, and
harvest
-A titan offspring of Gaea and Uranus
-The only titan who agreed to Gaia in
castrating Uranus’ genitals.
-Became the ruler after Uranus
-Mated with Gaea
-Swallows his children to forbid Uranus’
prophecy to happen
Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon
Rhea-Titan goddess of fertility and
motherhood
-Daughter of Gaea and Uranus
-Hid their sixth son, Zeus, in the Island of
Crete, conspired with him to overthrow
Cronus.
-Saved her youngest son by giving Cronus a
stone wrapped in swaddling clothes to eat
Zeus- Ruler of Mt. Olympus
-God of gods
-God of sky, thunder and lightning
-Son of Cronus and Rhea
-Pretended to be a wine server and poisoned
his father, Cronus.
With his brothers, Hades (god of the
underworld) and Poseidon (god of the sea
and earthquakes) ended the war with Cronus
and the titans called the Titanomachy.
-released the Cyclops and Hecatoncheires
from Tartarus, gifting him a thunderbolt.
The Creation from the Egyptian
Mythology
according to Heliopolis
Nu-a great, chaotic ocean or primordial
waters where Benben-a primordial stone or
mound with a lotus flower from, where the
god Ra came about with light.
Ra-Sun god
-The first Pharaoh
-Created Shu and Tefnut
-Sent his only eye to search for Shu and
Tefnut
-Greatest gift to Egypt is the Nile River
-Had a premonition that his grandchildren
will produce offsprings that could end his
reign, and so forbade Geb and Nut to
produce offspring.

Shu- God of Air

-A man with a feather on his head
Tefnut- Goddess of Rain and Moisture
-A lioness
Geb-Grandson of Ra, and the son of Shu
and Tefnut
-The God of Earth
-Mated with Nut
Nut—Granddaughter of Ra, daughter of Shu
and Tefnut
-Gave birth to Osiris, Horus, Isis, Nepthys,
and Seth
Osiris-Lord of Death and Rebirth
-Lord of the underworld and judge of the
dead,
-Brother and husband to Isis
-Incarnation of good
-A kind and wise ruler who taught humans
agriculture and civilization with his
sister/wife Isis.

Isis-Goddess of Healing and Magic

-Wife of Osiris
Seth-God of the desert, foreign lands,
thunderstorms, eclipses, and earthquakes
-Strong but unruly; Embodiment of evil
-Jealous of Osiris, and so he murdered him
Nepthys-“Mistress Of The House”
-Protector of the dead