Monday, October 17, 2016

How is "Creation" From the Rigveda Similar/Different From Genesis 1

In class today we read "Creation" From the Rigveda. This poem is very similar to Genesis 1. I know this because they both have to do with Creating a new world. For example in "Creation" they said “Darkness there was: at first concealed in darkness this All was indiscriminated chaos." This is very similar to the line in Genesis 1 which is "“The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep” they both show how there was nothing before the God made the earth just darkness. Also in "Creation" there is a line that says "There were begetters, there were mighty forces, free action here and energy up yonder”, this has to do with line in Genesis stating "“Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” These quotes are similar because it shows that they both made animals and they are listing off the names of them. These two pieces of writing are different aswell, for example in "Creation" we don't know who is creating all of these things but in Genesis we know that God is creating the earth. Also in "Creation" they created Gods while in Genesis the God is creating the world.


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