Hi guys,
I'm thinking about creation myths or stories. I need one for my story. It'll probably never come up, but it does set the rules which the story must obey. I'm familiar with some of the Judeo-Christian creation stories, but not much else.
I came across this one a few years back. It's in "The Hero with a Thousand Faces". I found it to be particularly beautiful, although I'm unable to explain why. It's a Maori chant.
The Void
The First Void
The Second Void
The Vast Void
The Far-Extending Void
The Sere Void
The Unposessing Void
The Delightful Void
The Void Fast Bound
The Night
The Hanging Night
The Drifting Night
The Moaning Night
The Daughter of Troubled Sleep
The Dawn
The Abiding Day
The Bright Day
Space
Moisture
Great Expanse of Heaven
The Heavens
Earth
According to Campbell, this chant attempts to describe the breaking of formlessness into form. For me, it sounds as if someone has been trying to put 21st century knowledge about the Big Bang into Stone-Age words. Maybe it can even be read psychological and be used as a description of the way our consciousness wells up from the deepest recesses of our mind.
Do you guys know of any other creation stories? Of other religions and cultures. Maybe you have a fresh perspective on the things we think we know?
Lets talk about it.
I'm thinking about creation myths or stories. I need one for my story. It'll probably never come up, but it does set the rules which the story must obey. I'm familiar with some of the Judeo-Christian creation stories, but not much else.
I came across this one a few years back. It's in "The Hero with a Thousand Faces". I found it to be particularly beautiful, although I'm unable to explain why. It's a Maori chant.
The Void
The First Void
The Second Void
The Vast Void
The Far-Extending Void
The Sere Void
The Unposessing Void
The Delightful Void
The Void Fast Bound
The Night
The Hanging Night
The Drifting Night
The Moaning Night
The Daughter of Troubled Sleep
The Dawn
The Abiding Day
The Bright Day
Space
Moisture
Great Expanse of Heaven
The Heavens
Earth
According to Campbell, this chant attempts to describe the breaking of formlessness into form. For me, it sounds as if someone has been trying to put 21st century knowledge about the Big Bang into Stone-Age words. Maybe it can even be read psychological and be used as a description of the way our consciousness wells up from the deepest recesses of our mind.
Do you guys know of any other creation stories? Of other religions and cultures. Maybe you have a fresh perspective on the things we think we know?
Lets talk about it.