The omnipresence of mythology in human culture, inclusive there within mythologies concerning the creation of existence itself, speaks to a certain common trait in the human consciousness: the desire to account for the world we live in and to understand our place in this world. In this sense, science does...

Indeed ‘The Navajo Origin Legend’ story is a Native American myth that gives meaning and values of Navajo culture, history, and human creation. The Navajo story might potentially function to change meaning or value among future generations. In the Navajo Origin story, there is the illustration numbering of days, cleansing...

The image of the goddess in Greek mythology encompasses many faces. The goddess archetype stretches from the life giving fertility goddesses, to the destructive goddesses of the underworld, to goddesses of love and war. Fertility goddesses are usually paired with husbands who are sky-gods, as depicted in the marriages of...

Multiple religions and faiths in world history all offer some form of a creation myth. These myths serve to explain the beginnings of the world, as well as man’s beginnings. Many of these creation myths have multiple points in common with each other. However, it is important to also recognize...

The myths of human culture reflect complex cosmologies. Contained within these narratives are tales of the genesis of the universe and also its destruction. The similarities of these myths in such a regard is the extent to which they attempt to describe the world around them, yet not only the...