One world, many beginnings: creation myths and their meanings
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From the beginning of time, people have asked big questions: Where did we come from? How did the world begin? What is our purpose? These are deep and meaningful questions, and across different cultures and times, religions have tried to answer them. Many of the world’s major religions include a creation story – a way of explaining how everything began.
Although these stories differ in detail, they often share similar ideas. They explore the relationship between humans and the universe, the role of a divine creator or force, and how life came to be. Let’s take a look at some of the key creation stories from the major world religions, and then explore what they have in common.
Christianity
In Christianity, the creation story is found at the beginning of the Bible, in the book of Genesis. Christians believe that God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh. The story goes like this:
On the first day, God created light and separated it from darkness.
On the second day, He...
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