Enuma Elish vs Metamorphoses: The Epic of Creation

These two creation myths are very different and yet share many similarities. Each myth starts out with a higher power emerging such as a god and creating the earth. Each myth goes into extreme detail and explains how each aspect such as the earth, water, trees, and even life were created. Each myth has the connection of not one but many gods that come into play and some gods that are even created.

I found it very fascinating how in "Metamorphoses" each god was created and made greater then its predecessor. This signifies how the earth and each God became better over time. Each myth portrays a supreme creator of all things such as when The Epic of Creation states "And maker, who bore them all, Had mixed their waters together, but had not formed pastures, nor destinies decreed, then Gods were and born within them. This shows the belief that all things were derived from one god in this myth. A correlation between the two was drawn when the "Metamorphoses" also stated "Till God, or kindlier Nature settled all argument, and separated Heaven from earth, water from land, our air".

When I think about both of these myths I see the same explanations for the creations of the world and all the things in it. Each myth just has a different story and interpretations of how things came about. I also see this theme reoccurring in world religion as well. Each religion may have a different creation myth but there are so many similarities that connects them. It makes me wonder if all the myths and religions believe in the same thing but the locations and creation stories have developed differently over the years. Regardless of why humans are here or where we came from we are the same inside and out. Whether we are different religions or races we are all in this together.