The Judeo-Christian Creation Myth describes God creating man in God's own image and giving them dominion over the earth. The Chinese Phan Ku Creation Myth tells of the world being formed from Phan Ku's body after death. The Yoruba Creation Myth describes the earth initially being a watery marsh with gods descending on spider webs before humans. The Aboriginal Creation Myth tells of ancestral spirits giving birth to all living things after being awakened by the sun's warmth.

1. The Judeo-Christian Creation Myth
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Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over
the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and
over all the creatures that move along the ground."

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Phan Ku, The Great Creator
Only when Phan Ku died was the world at last complete. The dome of the sky was made
from Phan Ku's skull. Soil was formed from his body. Rocks were made from his bones,
rivers and seas from his blood. All of plant life came from Phan Ku's hair. Thunder and
lightning are the sound of his voice. The wind and the clouds are his breath. Rain was
made from his sweat.

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Yoruba Creation Myth
In the beginning of time the earth was a desolate marsh, a watery waste. The gods who lived
in the sky sometimes came down to play in the marshy waste by descending spider webs that
draped from the sky like lacy bridges. But there were no people, because there was no hard
ground on which they could put their feet.

4. Aboriginal Creation Myth
The sun rose through the surface of the Earth and shone warm rays onto the hollows
which became waterholes. Under each waterhole lay an Ancestor, an ancient man or
woman who had been asleep through the ages. The sun filled the bodies of each
Ancestor with light and life, and the Ancestors began to give birth to children. Their
children were all the living things of the world, from the tiniest grub wriggling on a
eucalyptus leaf to the broadest-winged eagle soaring in the blue sky.
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5. Pandora’s Box
Left alone with the mysterious casket,
Pandora became more and more
inquisitive. Stealthily she drew near and
examined it with great interest, for it was
curiously wrought of dark wood, and
surmounted by a delicately carved head,
of such fine workmanship that it seemed
to smile and encourage her. Around the
box a glittering golden cord was wound,
and fastened on top in an intricate knot.
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6. Pandora’s Box
Left alone with the mysterious casket,
Pandora became more and more
inquisitive. Stealthily she drew near and
examined it with great interest, for it was
curiously wrought of dark wood, and
surmounted by a delicately carved head,
of such fine workmanship that it seemed
to smile and encourage her. Around the
box a glittering golden cord was wound,
and fastened on top in an intricate knot.
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