Creation myth

The Creation (c. 1896–1902) by James Tissot. An interpretation of the Genesis creation narrative from the first book of the Torah (commonly known as the Book of Genesis)

A creation myth is a symbolic narrative of how the world began.

Quotes

• The Biblical words about the genesis of heaven and earth are not words of information but words of appreciation. The story of creation is not a description of how the world came into being but a song about the glory of the world's having come into being.
  • Abraham Joshua Heschel, in The Wisdom of Heschel (1970), p. 150

See also

• Creation
• Creationism
• Mythology