One of the most commonly told origin myth is the myth of cosmogony. This myth endeavors to explain the origin of universe as well as the mankind. Various stories are told in various generations to explain the origin of the earth. One aspect is that, however varied this stories might be, they end up with some commonalities in the basic themes. Most of these accounts begin from the existence of earth of the emergence of earth from water. Some of them explain how people or gods emerged from the surface of earth. Among the Aboriginals and the American Indians, they believed that the origin of earth was as a result of a tortoise or a crab that dived in water and re-emerged with some pieces of earth ("Creation …show more content…
A giant emerged from the eggs whose limbs formed the observable world. In Greece, the universe originated from a gasping emptiness. Egypt, being a country of several tribal groups, had several creation stories. The most common one is the story that begins with Nun. Nun was a primeval ocean from which the first man, called Re, raised. Through an act of masturbation, he was able to reproduce his divine sons and daughters ("Creation Stories"). The main reason behind these many origin myths is the fact that humans believe in the idea of cause and effect. For everything that we observe, we tend to impose a casual order in our minds that explains the cause. For human beings to appreciate the universe, they need to relate it to some deeply rooted instinct or explaining its