Ancient Legends on the Creation of Man and Woman with Correspondencies to the Biblical Acc

Region Civilization Sumerian Middle East Babylonian Creation by God or a god By Nimmu, the primeval mother, and Ninmah, a mother-goddess By Belus (Bel, or Marduk, chief god; Euseb Chaldean Chronicle 5) By Mami (also called Nintu, the mother-goddess; AT 99-100) By Khnum (a god; Hist ME vol. 1, pp. 181, 222) By God (AT; 417) Africa Shilluk of the White Nile Fan of West Africa Ewe of Togo Greek Europe Cheremiss of Russia Kumi India Korkus Munda of Chota Nagpur Karen of Burma Bedel Tartar of Siberia Malekula of New Hebrides Noo-hoo-roa of Kei Islands Dyak of Malayasia Sea Dyak of Malayasia Nias Bila-an of Mindanao, Philpns Bagobo of Mindanao, Philpns Aborigine of Melbourne Hawaii New Zealand Tahitian Pacific islands Fakaofo Nui Island of Tuvalu Palauan Mota of Banks Isles, Vanuatu Minahassa, of Celebes Lengua of Paraguay Indian of Cuzco, Peru Eskimo of Pt. Barrow, Alaska Acagehemem of California Maidu of California Kawakipai of California Hopi of Arizona By Juok (the creator; FL 22) By God (FL 23) By God (FL 23) By Hephaestus (god of smiths, fire & volcanoes; Works 60-62, 69-71) By Prometheus (a Titan; Apollo 1, 7, 1) By God (FL 22) By God (FL 17-18) By Mahadeo (a god; (FL 18) By Singbonga (the Sun god; FL 19) By God (FL 10) By God (FL 11) By Bokor (the great being; FL 12) By Dooadlera (the supreme God; FL 12-13) By two large birds (FL 14) By Salampandai (a god; FL 14) By Luo Zaho (the supreme god; FL 15) By Melu (a huge being; FL 16) By Diwata (FL 17) By Pund-jel (the creator of all; FL 8) By Kane, Ku and Lono (3 creator gods; HFT 15-16) By Tiki (a god; FL 8-10) By Taaroa (the chief god; (FL 9) (FL 10) By Aulialia (a god; FL 11) By a brother and sister (FL 11) By Qat (a hero; FL 12) By Wailan Wangko and Wangi (2 beings; FL 13) By the Creator (FL 28) By the Creator (FL 28) By A se lu (a spirit; FL 24) By Chinigchinich (a powerful being; FL 24) By Earth-Initiate (FL 24) By Tcaipakomat (FL 25) By Huruing Whuti (a goddess; FL 26) Made their hands in likeness of his hands Made man & woman out of earth Made men out of clay w/animal blood Molded men of clay from the riverside Made 2 images of clay, man & woman Made man & woman out of clay Made each nation separately out of clay Made man out of clay Created man & woman out of clay Made man & woman out of clay Made man out of clay Made woman and then man out of clay Breathed into him and gave him life Made in Kanes likeness Made in Tikis image Made progenitor orf man like him in form Made the first two people in his likeness Kneaded man and woman out of clay Made men out of clay figures Molded man out of damp earth Hammered man out of clay on an anvil Made the progenitor of men out of earth Made the first two people out of earth Made man & woman of lumps of earth Made two men of clay Made men of red clay Used red riverside clay Used red earth Breated into mans nose Breathed into his mouth and nostrils In Gods image Comparable to the gods Used his blood Used blood of a slain god Men are images of him Out of earth; its color determining the race Made man out of clay Made man out of clay Molded the first woman of earth & water Molded men of earth & water Made man of clay Made man & woman out of clay Made man & woman of red dirt of ant-hill Made man & woman out of clay Created man from earth Created from earth Made from pieces of clay Soil mixed with blood Usd clay mixed with blood to create man Out of clay on a potters wheel Made the breath of life for mens nostrils Given breath

Wom

Wom man

Egypt

Asia

God breathed a particle of life into their nostrils

Wom man Bon ribs

Breated life into the clay figures

Islands off Asia

Put wind on the lips of the progenitor of man

Australia

Wom man Mad rib Mad mad Man eart

Mad twig

South America North America

Mad man

By Sotuknang (nephew of the Creator, Tiowa; Primal 271) Pima of Arizona Natchez of Louisiana Okanagon of the Algonquin By the Creator (FL 27) By God (FL 27) By God (Primal 243)

Made in his image

Made man from clay and spittle Mixed clay with his sweat to make men Kneaded some clay into man Out of earth; its color determining the race

Used 4 colors of clay, one for each race Blew upon the clay Blew upon the clay The Indians were mad of red earth

References: Apollo The Library by Apollodorus of Alexandria, translated by James Frazer; 2nd Century BCE AT Ancient Near Eastern texts Relating to the Old Testament edited by James B. Pritchard, Princeton, New Jersey, 1992 Euseb Eusebius Chronicle Translated from the Classical Armenian by Robert Bedrosian FL Folk-Lore in the Old Testament: Studies in Comparative Religion, Legend & Law by James George Frazer, vol. 1, London, MacMillan and Co., 1918 HFT Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends compiled by Thos. G. Thrum, Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co., 1907 Hist ME History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria by G. Maspero, London, The Grolier Society Primal Primal Myths by Barbara C. Sproul, New York, Harper Collins, 1979 Works Works and Days in Hesiod: The Homeric Hymns and Homerica translated by Hugh G. Eveyln-White, Loeb, 1920