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Every Creation Story Every Creation Story Creation from chaos Chaos (cosmogony) Enûma Eliš (Babylonian creation myth) Genesis creation myth (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) Greek cosmogonical myth Jamshid Korean creation narratives Kumulipo Leviathan (Book of Job 38–41 creation myth) Mandé creation myth Pangu Raven in Creation Serer creation myth Sumerian creation myth Tungusic creation myth Unkulunkulu Väinämöinen Viracocha Earth diver Earth-diver Ainu creation myth Cherokee creation myth Iroquois creation myth Väinämöinen Yoruba creation myth Ob-Ugric creation myth Emergence Emergence Hopi creation myth Maya creation of the world myth Diné Bahaneʼ (Navajo) Zuni creation myth ( creation of self ) Ex nihilo Debate between sheep and grain Barton cylinder Ancient Egyptian creation myths Kabezya-Mpungu Māori myths Mbombo Ngai Popol Vuh World parent World parent Coatlicue Enûma Eliš Greek cosmogonical myth Greek cosmogonical myth Heliopolis creation myth Hiranyagarbha creation myth Kumulipo Rangi and Papa Völuspá Divine twins Divine twins Proto-Indo-European creation myths Regional Africa Ancient Egyptian creation myths Fon creation myth Kaang creation story (Bushmen) Kintu myth (Bugandan) Mandé creation myth Mbombo (Kuba, Bakuba or Bushongo/Boshongo) Ngai (Kamba, Kikuyu and Maasai ) Serer creation myth (cosmogony of the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania) Unkulunkulu (Zulu) Yoruba creation Americas Mesoamerica Coatlicue (Aztec) Maya creation of the world myth Popol Vuh (Quiché Mayan) Mid North America Anishinaabeg creation stories Cherokee creation myth Choctaw creation myth Creek creation myth Hopi creation myth Kuterastan (Plains Apache) Diné Bahaneʼ (Navajo) Raven in Creation (Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian) Zuni creation myth South America Legend of Trentren Vilu and Caicai Vilu (Chilean) Viracocha (Incan) Xolas (Chilean) Asia Central Asia Central Asia Ergenekon Mongolian creation myth Tungusic creation myth East Asia Ainu creation myth (Japan) Au Co (Vietnamese) Chinese creation myth Japanese creation myth Korean creation narratives Nüwa (Chinese) Pangu (Chinese) Indian subcontinent Ajativada Buddhist cosmology Folk Hindu creation myth Hiranyagarbha creation (India) Jainism and non-creationism (India) Kanglei mythology (India) Mimamsa eternalism (India) Nyaya-Vaisheshika atomic theory (India) Samkhya-yoga theory (India) Sanamahi creation myth (India) Europe Slavic creation myth Theogony (Classical Greco-Roman) Väinämöinen (Finnish) Völuspá (Norse) Middle East Debate between sheep and grain Enûma Eliš (Babylonian) Genesis creation myth (Hebrew) Islamic creation myth (Arabic) Leviathan (Book of Job 38-41 creation myth) Mashya and Mashyana (Persian) Sumerian creation myth Pacific Islands/Oceanic Areop-Enap (Nauruan) Kumulipo (Hawaiian) Māori myths (Māori) Rangi and Papa (Māori) Sureq Galigo (Buginese).
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