How do you create a creation myth?

Answer 1

a grandma or mother will tell the story to their children and it will continue to be passed on

Most cultures have designated storytellers/record keepers and many ancient cultures made artwork describing their myths.

First orally and later by poets, writers and artists. Homer and Ovid are important examples.

But this usually this happens with legends, but yeah.

Answer 2

1 Understand what a creation myth is. Yes, it can be about how the world itself was created, but many lesser phenomena need to be explained, too. There have been stories about why the sun crosses the sky each day, how the first tears were cried and why the nightingale's voice is so sweet. If it exists in the natural world, there's probably a story about how and why it does.

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Choose an object or event that you love, that you respect or that fascinates you. Even if you know all about the science of how rain works, for example, you might draw your mythic explanation from how it makes you feel.

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Imagine how your object or event might be created on a mythic level. What makes that rain fall from the sky, anyway? Is it a million birds crying? Is it the Cloud Mother wringing out her wet laundry? Is the Star Farmer sweating after a hot day's work? (You also get to invent people like the Cloud Mother or Star Farmer. That's part of the fun.)

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Imagine why someone would want to create this object or event. Or, if it's something that happens by accident, imagine why someone would want to prevent it. Are the birds crying rain even though someone is trying to make them happy? Does the Cloud Mother want to make sure all the water from her laundry drains away? Will the Star Farmer dry up into the cold white moon if he sweats too much?

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Now that you know how and why, build a story. Set your myth in a place that resembles the natural world or human society, but where magic runs strong and consequences are vast. Consider an ethical conflict between your characters, such as good or bad, generous or selfish. Maybe it could be the kind of human drama we all understand: parent against child, wife against husband, people against animals. The creation that results, even if it comes as a surprise, should seem inevitable by the end of the story. Because there's always been rain, right?

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Share your story with children or the young at heart. In these jaded, media saturated times, those are the people who'll appreciate it most.

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Make the telling of your story into a family or community tradition. This is where all myths, ancient or modern, begin.

Answer 3

folklore, religions, beliefs made by ancient ancestors to make their children to behave good. stories for the kings. false sight seeing. or maybe it is just true and brought down to our generation

Many myths or lsegend have a factual basis but the story is embellished as it is passed from generation to generation. Example is probably the stories of King Arthur.

Some myths are made up to explain a natural phenomena. For example stories that explain why the sun rotates slowly a cross the sky or why some bird has a particular call or where the land originated from.

Some myths are purely fictitious, about some folk hero, created just for entertainment or maybe to teach some cultural value.

Answer 4

legends are realy just stories passed down from generations.these stories are changed as they are passed down.soon they are legends