Creation myth

A creation myth is a specific type of myth which tells how the Universe, the Earth, life, and/or humanity came into being. A myth is just a story for which there is no documentary or scientific proof.

Many creation myths fall into similar categories: the fractionation of the things of the world from a primordial chaos, the separation of the mother and father god, from an ocean existing before the world, etc.

Traditional creation myths of various cultures:

Egypt - In the beginning was only ocean. Then a hill became visible rising from the ocean, and at this point the first god awoke (The cosmology of Heliopolis held that this first god was the sun god Ra, that of Memphis that it was the earth god Ptah). The first god began to create other gods, who proceeded to create the various aspects of the world.

Japan - In the beginning was only ocean. The god Izanagi and goddess Izanami used a spear to form the island of Japan from mud from the ocean's bottom, settled on the land, and their children became the people of Japan.

Some argue that the modern notions of the Big Bang and Evolution constitute the creation myth of modern Western civilization. Adherents of these theories respond that unlike the creation myths of earlier cultures, they are subject to verification and refinement by the Scientific Method, rather than believed only on grounds of authority and faith.