Cosmic Myths Woksheet
Cosmic Myth Worksheet
Choose two myths from each of the following myth categories: creation, flood, afterlife, and apocalypse. Answer the following questions for all eight myths.
Creation Myths
Myth 1: God created the heaven and the earth
Religion or culture of origin: Christianity
Myth 2: God created man in his image
Religion or culture of origin: Christianity
Who created the world? God created the garden, cattle, and humans.
Myth 1:God formed man of the dust of the ground
Myth 2: The rib which Lord God took from man he created a woman
Who were the main characters involved? What was the process? Adam and Eve were the main characters
Myth 1: The Lord formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Myth 2: The rib, which the Lord had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
What was the motivation to create the world?
Myth 1:The earth was without form, nor was it fruitful.
Myth 2 The heavens and earth were finished and all the host of them, but there was not a man to till the ground.
How did humankind come into being?
Myth 1: Eve ate the fruit of the tree of life so God cursed her with sorrow and conception and in her sorrow shall she bring forth children; and thy desire be her husband.
Myth 2: God cursed Adam to be to be in sorrow with Eve and eat the fruit of the forbidden tree all the days of his life.
Did the original creator maintain involvement in the newly created world?
Myth 1: God Is always with us.
Myth 2: God never sleeps nor slumbers, he is everywhere all of the time.
Flood Myths
Myth 1:Noah’s Ark crosses the waters of death and leads to a rebirth of life.
Religion or culture of origin: Hebrew
Myth 2: Manu
Religion or culture of origin: Indian
Who or what caused the flood?
Flood Myth 1: God was cleansing the earth of all sinful people.
Flood Myth 2: Nature caused this
Choose two myths from each of the following myth categories: creation, flood, afterlife, and apocalypse. Answer the following questions for all eight myths.
Creation Myths
Myth 1: God created the heaven and the earth
Religion or culture of origin: Christianity
Myth 2: God created man in his image
Religion or culture of origin: Christianity
Who created the world? God created the garden, cattle, and humans.
Myth 1:God formed man of the dust of the ground
Myth 2: The rib which Lord God took from man he created a woman
Who were the main characters involved? What was the process? Adam and Eve were the main characters
Myth 1: The Lord formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Myth 2: The rib, which the Lord had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
What was the motivation to create the world?
Myth 1:The earth was without form, nor was it fruitful.
Myth 2 The heavens and earth were finished and all the host of them, but there was not a man to till the ground.
How did humankind come into being?
Myth 1: Eve ate the fruit of the tree of life so God cursed her with sorrow and conception and in her sorrow shall she bring forth children; and thy desire be her husband.
Myth 2: God cursed Adam to be to be in sorrow with Eve and eat the fruit of the forbidden tree all the days of his life.
Did the original creator maintain involvement in the newly created world?
Myth 1: God Is always with us.
Myth 2: God never sleeps nor slumbers, he is everywhere all of the time.
Flood Myths
Myth 1:Noah’s Ark crosses the waters of death and leads to a rebirth of life.
Religion or culture of origin: Hebrew
Myth 2: Manu
Religion or culture of origin: Indian
Who or what caused the flood?
Flood Myth 1: God was cleansing the earth of all sinful people.
Flood Myth 2: Nature caused this