The world is full of mysteries, from the fact on how it was created, up to how things like this or that happened. We may be curious about a lot of things but science try to explain everything. But how about in the world of mythology? What's the concept of how it was created?

In my previous articles, like in Greek Mythology, Visayan Mythology and, Hebrew Mythology; the, world was created in different ways, but did you know that myths are classified into types too? These are Marte Weigle's Creation Myth.

Marta Weigle is an American Anthropologist, and these types of creation myth are based in her book Creation and Procreation: Feminist Reflections on Mythologies of Cosmogony and Parturition.

Finally I am going to share another interesting topic about mythology. So here is it.

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Ex Nihilo

"Ex Nihilo" is a Latin phrase which mean "from nothingness/spirit", this is the term that used to describe cosmologies in which the creator creates the universe by means of "speech, breath, dream, thought or laughter."

In Christianity, particularly in the book of Genesis, the world was created by the speech of our God; and God said "Let there be light". God only used His words to create the world, then Hebrew myth is considered as an Ex Nihilo Type of the World Creation Myth.

Deus Faber

"Deus Faber" is a Latin phrase which mean "Maker god". This myth states that world was made by a god who crafts like an artist or sculptor.

If you have heard the story about the creation of a woman where the god form humans and cook it to give life, the reason why people have different colors is considered as an example of Deus Faber.

In Christianity, still in the book of Genesis, it states that God created Adam from the dust of the ground, He mold it according to His image and breathed into Adam's nostrils to give life. How god created the human is based on Deus Faber type, he mold and craft a human.

Two Creators

This type of myth states that the world was created by the combined efforts/conflict of two gods. These two gods have different characteristics, one maybe more moral or compassionate than the other; the reason why in life there is a lower and higher class, or good and evil.

Example of this is the African Myth, when a god created an egg, inside it are two pairs of twins, both have one female and one male. They must wait until they fully develop but then because of selfishness, one pair of twins wants to rule the world, so they break the egg; the reason why we have imperfect world.

Emergence

This type of myth states that the people already exists but they only transfer in this world after a long time; that the first creatures(what we called humans) enters our world from the other world. According to Leonard and McClure 39, "The first world parallels the womb and is often too small for its occupants", the reason why people leave the place and transfer to a much larger and bright world.

That's it for today everyone, see you again on the next part of this article

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The topic that I've shared are only based on mythology, my goal is to share this knowledge and describe how tricky yet amazing the world of mythology is. Hopefully you learn something from it.

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January 21, 2022

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