Ancient myths and religions about creation of the world

There are similar stories about creation of the world to the story of the Bible. All of them are usually based on the separation of the element of order from the chaos, the division of maternal and paternal gods, the appearance of earth and oceans, the appearance of everything eternal.

In cosmogonical and anthropological myths there is the group of stories about the creation of earth and universe, everything alive and growing, human being that describe them as unconditioned act of the creation from the side of the great creator.

In beliefs of Ancient Religion the initial god created the god of the sun that created the air and the water from which the new pair was born that were the sky and the land that became the parents of birth and rebirth, desert, etc.

According to Greek beliefs first there was chaos. But then Earth appeared from the sky. Later love, space, darkness and night appeared. Later the god of earth gave birth to the sky and sea. The first gods gave birth to titans.

According to the myths of Mesopotamia, Tiamat mixed her water with Abzu giving the beginning to the world in such way. The words Tiamat and Abzu have contradictory meaning. In ancient mythology they were used as the names of gods but writing these words the DINGIR the meant "god" is not used that is why in such context they must be considered as the initial elements and not gods.

Every civilization had its views on the appearance of the world based on different characteristics. Chinese, Japanese, Scandinavian, Germanic, etc. tribes also had their myths about creation of the world.