1. Norse Mythology - Odin, the Father of the Gods
Odin means "crazy and violent" in Old Norse and in Germanic mythology Also known as Woden in Chinese (the English word Wednesday evolved from this), he is the main god of the gods in Norse mythology, the king of the gods of the Asa clan, and the controller of the gods.
Odin is the supreme god among the Nordic Asi gods. His godhead includes prophecy, kingship, wisdom, healing, magic, poetry, war and death. In the legend, Odin is tall and tall, with a white beard and one eye (one eye is exchanged for the water of wisdom). He wears an eagle helmet and golden armor, and holds the artifact Gungnir. The throne can be seen. The supreme throne of the nine worlds, the mount for travel is the eight-legged divine horse Sleipnir. When the world was beginning to take shape, Odin once walked on the beach with the other two gods Willy and Vee. They saw two pieces of wood on the beach, one elm and one ash, and decided to use them as raw materials to make humans. . After carving the wood into human shapes, Odin first gave life and breath to the two pieces of wood. The main god Willi gave them soul and wisdom, and Wei gave them body temperature and facial features. He made the ash wood look like a man and named it A Sk (meaning ash tree), made elm wood into the shape of a woman and named it Ai Bo La (meaning elm tree). Seeing the birth of two people, a boy and a girl, in front of him, Odin was filled with joy and allowed them to live on the seaside. As a result, humans have flourished on this land and continue to this day.
2. Ancient Greek Mythology - Uranus, the King of Gods
Uranus is the god of the sky in ancient Greek mythology. The fingertips of the god Gaia are born. As the king of the gods, ruler of the gods, Ouranos symbolized hope and the future, and was a representative of the sky. Interestingly, Ouranos is not only the child of Gaia, the god of the earth, but also her husband. Together, they gave birth to the famous twelve Titans, Cyclops, and Hundred-Armed Giant.
In ancient Greek mythology, the heaven and earth were in chaos at first. After the birth of Gaia, the god of earth, Uranus was born from her fingertips, and then the two married. As a couple, start having children. As a symbol of power, the monopoly of fertility lies with the powerful Uranus, so everyone born is the child of Uranus, and he also becomes the ruler of the world. In the eyes of many children, Ouranos is not a loving father. On the contrary, he is a violent father. The children will be very scared when they see him, and Ouranos also calls these children who will tremble when they see him. For Titan (meaning nervous person). Then, due to Uranus's cruelty and tyranny, Gaia, who could not bear the misfortune to her children, found the opportunity to cut off Uranus's genitals (...) and liberated her children. From then on, various human beings began to spread on the earth. Proliferate.
3. Ancient Indian Mythology - Brahma, the God of Creation
Brahma, also known as Brahma, Book Maker, and Pure Sky, is the creator in the mythology of ancient Indian Brahmanism. The god of the world and the creator of the Sanskrit alphabet, together with Vishnu and Shiva, are called the three main gods. Brahma's wife is Saraswati, the goddess of wisdom (so she is also called the God of Wisdom), and her mount is a peacock or swan. Later, with the rise of Buddhism in India, Brahma was absorbed into Buddhism as one of the protectors, and the Chinese also called it the Four-faced Buddha.
In Brahman mythology, Brahma is an extremely benevolent creation god who responds to all requests. No matter whether gods, demons, or people make a wish to him, he will comply with the request of the wisher, such as the great devil Hei Ran. Hiranyakasipu once made a wish to Brahma, and after Brahma granted his wish, the devil ruled the world from then on, and was finally defeated by Vishnu incarnation to end his rule. Although the creation god in ancient Indian mythology is slightly exaggerated in comparison, it can also be seen how much the ancient Indian people respected their creation god.
4. Ancient Egyptian Mythology—Atum, the God of Creation
Atum was originally the ancient Egyptian mythology-Heliopolis system. The highest god and sun god in the world, and then after the emergence of the later belief in Allah, the status of the highest god and sun god was gradually replaced, becoming different gods belonging to the same god as Allah, and was regarded as the sun at dusk.
In ancient Egyptian mythology, Atum was born from the primordial hill, and then gave birth to the wind god Shu and the rain god Tefnut. After the combination of Shu and Tefnut, they gave birth to Geb, the earth god, and Nut, the sky goddess, created heaven and earth. Atum, who was originally the local god of Heliopolis, merged with the sun god Allah and was called Ra Atum. From then on, the sun became Ra's entire body. At noon, he was called Ra, and in the morning, he was called Kebli. , called Atum at dusk. So Atum is also called the evening sun.
5. Ancient Chinese Mythology - Pangu, the God of Creation
Pangu is the oldest god in the Chinese mythology system. In ancient Chinese mythology, heaven and earth were not separated at the beginning. , the entire universe presented a mass of chaos, and the great god Pangu was conceived in the chaos, and gradually grew up in a deep sleep, which lasted for eighteen thousand years. Until one day he woke up and found that he could not see anything, and the environment in which he lived was constrained. Pangu, who had just woken up, turned into an ax with his divine power, and chopped and hacked in the darkness, causing chaos. It was in this chaos that the energy of chaos was divided into two. The pure one flourished in the sky, and the turbid one descended to the earth. The heaven and earth finally had space, and Pangu was no longer restrained.
However, the chaotic energy was not stable, and the pure and turbid energy continued to gather towards each other, wanting to reunite as a group. The angry Pangu stepped on the ground with his feet and held up the sky with his hands, trying to bring the heaven and the earth together. Stay stable. Every time the sky increases by one foot, Pangu will also increase by one foot. If the earth sinks by one foot, Pangu will also sink by one foot. After fighting against heaven and earth for eighteen thousand years, the scale of heaven and earth gradually became stronger. Pangu, who was exhausted, also fell to the ground to rest. His whole body changed during this rest, and his breath turned into wind. and clouds, his left and right eyes turned into the sun and the moon respectively, his limbs and body turned into the four directions of the earth and five directions of the mountains, in short, all parts of the body turned into things on the earth. Pangu opened up the world with his life, and then used his whole body to make the newly born universe rich and beautiful. Compared with the creation gods in other myths, Pangu is not too powerful!