World Mythology Encyclopedia

A fundamental question that nearly everyone has asked him or herself at least once is that of "Where did we come from?" The answer to this question would help us to understand why we are what we are and why we are where we are. It is because of this need to understand that creation stories are so important. Not only do they provide a simple— though not always straightforward—explanation, but they also provide us with definition of life. Every religion has a creation story. Because we don’t practice classical mythology as a religion today, the chaos theory is mainly just for fun. But you should recognize that this myth does have some similarities to the creation stories of other religions. For instance, as you were reading the story of Pandora, did the Biblical Eve ever cross your mind?