Creation of Man in Egyptian and Mesopotamian Mythology

Subject Areas : Christianity

Javad Firouzi ¹ (Assistant Professor, Departmant of Religion and Mystisism, University of Semnan, Semnan, Iran)
Somayyeh Haqiqat ² (M.A., Departmant of Religion and Mystisism, University of Semnan, Semnan, Iran)

Received: 2014-03-03 Accepted : 2014-05-10 Published : 2014-07-23

Keywords: Mesopotamia, Egypt, creation, Man, Myth,

Abstract :

As sacred narratives, myths have reflected human worldview since theancient times. One of the main preoccupations of human being washow and why men have been created. Egyptian and Mesopotamianmythology, which approximately are contemporaneous, have animportant role in development of the myths of man’s creation. We canfind a good deal of such accounts in inscriptions of Pyramids andcoffins in Egypt and on clay tablets and other artistic relics inMesopotamia. By surveying these accounts we are going to find theirsimilarities and differences.