Creation and Flood? what kind of mythology are they.?

Question

would those be thiestic myths because they yeild themselves to a more religious meaning or cosmic?

Answer 1

Because they are connected through something that is still practiced today, they aren't considered myths, but in fact, religious beliefs.

Yes, thiestic, but only if they weren't religious

Answer 2

The Creation myth could be classed as theistic but there are Flood legends in many parts of the world so this could be cosmic.

Answer 3

Creation and Flood are Cosmic for the short answer.

To help you out some, Theistic refers to actual gods and goddess not so much religious things.

Answer 4

Mythology, straight from Merriam-Webster himself:

1: an allegorical narrative

2: a body of myths: as a: the myths dealing with the gods, demigods, and legendary heroes of a particular people b: mythos 2 <cold war mythology>

3: a branch of knowledge that deals with myth

4: a popular belief or assumption that has grown up around someone or something : myth 2a <defective mythologies that ignore masculine depth of feeling — Robert Bly>

By such a definition, any belief that encompasses any explanation of history or existence outside of scientific fact is part of the body of myth that makes up a culture's mythology. The entry for myth by M-W again:

1 a: a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon

Since religion is not scientific in nature, it too must fall under the category of mythology, since its explanations are relevant only to the culture promulgating the beliefs. The flood, according to Jewish religious beliefs, came about because their God got angry at man's wickedness and decided to only save a small remnant of his chosen people by telling one person to build an ark. Since its highly impossible scientifically to think of a small band of people repopulating the Earth without everyone 2 generations away from turning into poster children for Down's Syndrome, the story of the flood, and its aftermath, fall under the myth category.

The same with Creation stories. Again, since its entirely impossible to think of 2 people populating the entire Earth without everyone becoming mentally retarded (then again, considering what people believe, maybe it did happen and this is simply an evolved form of it) the various, and conflicting, stories of creation throughout the many cultures do not only fall under the religious category but the mythological one as well. People of ancient Greece really did believe Zeus lived at the top of Mt. Olympus and had personal control over thunderbolts, but their beliefs do not mean that the religious significance dismissed the mythological aspcets.

Answer 5

Cosmic!  The sky gods and the mother goddess were represented by a great serpent or a dragon of the deep, and it represents creation, destruction, and rebirth.

It would depend on how old the myth was to consider it theistic or not, most church history shows how they absorbed the myths and gave them a christian flavor.