Comparison of Storm Gods in Ancient Mythology
In the beginning some God created something that we walk on today. History has taught us, if anything, that stories are an extremely important part of our culture and our day to day lives. Without having a purpose or explanation for being here, some people would question the point. So to avoid this, fortunately there is a massive amount of myths that one can choose from to satisfy their beliefs. Some favorites I have found include the creation stories of the Enuma Elish, the Hebrew Bible, and Hittite Myths. Each starts the same, or about the same in a roundabout way and achieves the ultimate goal, a purpose in life. However, their approaches and pathways to eternity vary. While some built the world out of corpses, others pulled them straight out of the sky. Either way, when chaos arrives someone has to clean up the mess and restore order. Thus, ladies and gentleman I give to you the storm gods. To begin, let us start with the most recent form of mythology, the Hebrew Bible. The time line for this specific book and the consisting stories are actually very hard to determine and usually are not stated unless there is data presented in which someone has a purpose for that event to have happened on that date. However, do to the death of Jesus Christ; it is known that the Bible was created pre 2000 AD. In the Hebrew Bible, there seems to have been a debate on how creation actually happened and who did the creating. In Genesis chapter 1, the use of “our” is used quiet frequently as in a discussion between multiple people of either what they are doing at that moment, or what they plan to do. Here, it takes 7 days to create the Earth basically out of thin air. The God in this creation story is just that, referred to as God or Lord. In this duration of time he separates the Earth and sky, creates night and day, places animals on the planet, makes celestial beings, creates a man in the image of the lord and a woman, and then rests. However, in Genesis chapter 2, it seems
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