While creation stories differ in their specifics, they share some common themes and concepts. Many begin with nothingness or a void before the first things emerge. Supreme rulers, usually male gods, oversee creation and establish order. Worlds are typically divided into realms like heaven, earth, and the underworld. Humans are often portrayed as originating from natural substances like clay or dust. Women sometimes symbolize the introduction of suffering, but most stories aim to explain nature, humanity's role, and the relationship between the divine and mortal.

1. CREATION STORIES

2. CATEGORIES GREEK MYTHOLOGY
BEGINNING Chaos (Vast immeasurable abyss)
FIRST THING THAT CAME TO
EMERGENCE
Love
FIRST COUPLE/ BEING Gaea and Uranus
SUPREME RULER Zeus
HOW THE WORLD OR EARTH
WAS CREATED
From Uranus spilt blood, Giants,
Nymphs and Erinyes were formed.
DIVISIONS OF THE WORLD Sky- Zeus
Sea- Poseidon
Underworld- Hades
START OF SUFFERING/ SIN Pandora lifted the lid and out flew
plagues and sorrows for mankind.
HUMANS The story of Prometheus and
Epimetheus, the story of five ages.
CREATURES Mother Earth and Father Heaven
gave birth to the first creatures
(monsters).

3. CATEGORIES NORSE MYTHOLOGY
BEGINNING Ginunggagap (Darkness)
FIRST THING THAT CAME TO
EMERGENCE
Frost ogre, Ymir
FIRST COUPLE/ BEING Borr and Bestla
SUPREME RULER Odin
HOW THE WORLD OR EARTH WAS
CREATED
From Ymir’s blood they formed sea
and lakes: his flesh the earth: from his
hair trees and from his bones the
mountains.
DIVISIONS OF THE WORLD Nine realms
START OF SUFFERING/ SIN Jealousy of Loki
HUMANS Odin, Vili and Ve created Ask and
Embla out of mud and they gave them
life through their breath.

4. CATEGORIES PHILIPPINE MYTHOLOGY
BEGINNING There were only sea and sky
FIRST THING THAT CAME TO
EMERGENCE
Bird (Beautiful kite)
FIRST COUPLE/ BEING Malakas and Maganda
SUPREME RULER Bathala
HOW THE WORLD OR EARTH WAS
CREATED
The world was already created
DIVISIONS OF THE WORLD Kaluwalhatian and Kasamaan
START OF SUFFERING/ SIN Bilaan Version: There was a great
rain, people were nearly drowned but
Melu saved them by putting their
noses the other side up.
HUMANS Out of the bamboo, Malakas and
Maganda came out.

5. CATEGORIES CHINESE MYTHOLOGY
BEGINNING Chaos and Emptiness
FIRST THING THAT CAME TO
EMERGENCE
Cosmic Egg
FIRST COUPLE/ BEING Yin and Yang
SUPREME RULER Pan’ Ku
HOW THE WORLD OR EARTH WAS
CREATED
The world was created out of the egg
shell.
DIVISIONS OF THE WORLD Tian (Heaven), Diyu (Underworld),
Earth
START OF SUFFERING/ SIN Gonggong, the god of water smashed
his head on Mount Bhuzou that caused
the fall of the sky.
HUMANS Nuwa created the humans out of clay
CREATURES The four most fortunate creatures
immerged form the egg with Pan’ Ku.
These creatures are the Unicorn, the
Dragon, the Phoenix and the Tortoise.

6. CATEGORIES CHRISTIAN MYTHOLOGY
BEGINNING There was darkness God created
heaven and earth
FIRST THING THAT CAME TO
EMERGENCE
God created the light
FIRST COUPLE/ BEING Adam and Eve
SUPREME RULER God
HOW THE WORLD OR EARTH WAS
CREATED
God created the world in six days
DIVISIONS OF THE WORLD Heaven, Earth and Hell
START OF SUFFERING/ SIN God punished Adam and Eve for
eating the fruit of knowledge.
HUMANS God created man out of dust and he
created woman out of the man’s rib.
CREATURES God made the creatures from the fifth
and sixth days of creation.

7. CATEGORIES INDIAN MYTHOLOGY
BEGINNING Universe was created and destroyed
FIRST THING THAT CAME TO
EMERGENCE
Cosmic Egg
FRIST COUPLE Swayambu Manu and Shatrupa
SUPREME RULER Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva
HOW THE WORLD OR EARTH WAS
CREATED
Brahma split the Lotus flower into
three, he made one part into heavens,
another into earth, and with the last he
made the skies.
DIVISIONS OF THE WORLD Earth, heaven and sky
START OF SUFFERING/ SIN Creation of women, the source of evil
amongst men.
HUMANS Creator Sun made humans out of mud
CREATURES Brahma created animals and the
insects to live in the land. He made
birds and many fish. To all these
creatures he gave the sense of touch
and smell.

8. CATEGORIES EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY
BEGINNING Nun, the endless dark water of chaos
First Thing That Came To Emergence Heka
First Couple/ Being Shu (god of air, whom Atum spat out)
and Tefnut (goddess of moisture, whom
Atum vomited out)
Supreme Ruler Amun-Ra
How the World or Earth Was Created Shu and Tefnut mated and gave birth to
Geb (the earth) and Nut (the sky)
Divisions Of The World Fields of Aaru (Heaven)and Duat
(Underworld)
Start Of Suffering/ Sin The Sun God sent his eye in the form of
Hathor to take vengeance to rebellious
men. Hathor killed and drank the blood
of the people.
Humans God Khnum creates human children
from clay before placing them into their
mother's womb.

9. SIMILARITIES

10. Category: Beginning and first thing
that came to emergence
• Main instrument: Most of mythologies
started in nothingness, void, and formless
place before everything was created then
after to this are the things that came to
emergence.
• IDEA: “Everything started with
or void.”

11. Category: First Couple / Being
• Main instrument: Each mythology used
the concept of mother and father as
parents of different creatures, humans,
divine beings, etc.

12. Category: Supreme Ruler
• Main instrument: The creation stories of
each mythology all have the Supreme
Being as a god father (man). Each has
responsibilities to take care all about the
created things in the world.
• IDEA: “Man is always superior to woman.”

13. Category: How the World Was
Created
• Main instrument: Creation stories of the
world according to mythologies shows
that the world was created by the parts,
by reproduction of parent beings (Norse,
Egyptian, Philippine, and Greek) while
other mythologies (Indian, Christian,
Chinese) used certain things like egg and
lotus flower.

14. Category: Divisions of the World
• Main instrument: The concept of heaven,
hell, and earth are presented in almost of
all mythologies. The universal principle
that there should be balance between
good and bad is showed in the concept
heaven and hell while the Earth serves as
the place for shelter for humans.

15. Category: Start of Suffering/ First
Sin
• Main instrument: Mostly, woman is used
as a symbol in the start of suffering, or sin
of mankind in Christian, Indian, and Greek
mythology. Woman is now a symbol of
temptation and a source of evil. And,
another is mankind
• IDEA: “Women are symbol of temptation
and curiosity”

16. Category: Creation of Humans
• Main instrument: These stories of human
creation in each mythology used a certain
thing (mud, clay, bamboo, and dust).

17. CONCLUSION