Common Elements In Creation Myths

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Homer said that all men have need of the gods, they have to obey the gods and follow because the gods gave men lives. In the ancient times, men believed that their gods created them and so they must respect, honor and obey them.

The creation of man, birth and from a cosmic egg are at the centre of many myths, which is an unusual because their ways of life and beliefs were so different.

A common element in many myths is that the creation of man. For example, in the babylonian and Egypt. Man created by Atum's tear in Egypt myth and man created by bones in Babylonian myth. Even though these myths are from different places and times, there are some kind of connection between them.
In the beginning of many myths, there was nothing. For example in the myth of Egypt and China. The god, Atum was the first being in the Egypt and the god of China, Phanku was also the first being. This shows that people in other countries born in different places and different ideas.
An another element in myth of chinese, the god, Phanku burst out from a cosmic egg. As you can see, gods in each of countries, burst out or born from different places.

Joseph said that myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life. We can gain a enough of information from the quote and be aware of the human's suffering life in the ancient time.