Creation Myth Paragraph

Many people say that humans are eager and intrigued to find explanations for how we were created and how our earth was created. Myths help us make sense of our world. Although there are thousands of myths, many myths are alike, despite the distance between the cultures. Many cultures have creation myths which are unique to their identity, but at the same time contain common explanation of how humans were created out of mud and clay, the explanation of natural phenomena, and the explanationof human suffering, death and humans. A very big common element in creation myths is the creation of humans out of mud and clay. In the Norse creation myth, humans are created out of mud and clay as well as in an African myth. Isn't it amazing that these cultures can have the same concept in their myth and yet be so far away without knowing each other existed. A second concept that appears in many myths is the explanation of natural phenomena. In the Nahutl creation myth, a Native American creation myth, and the Chinese Phan Ku myth both explain the reasons for weather and storms. Many people wonder why humans die and suffer. The answer is in both the Norse creation myth and the Chinese Phan Ku myth. All of these myths are so much in common, and what is amazing is that these cultures have never even seen each other or known each others existence and yet still have some common themes. Myths have endured for so long, and the reason for that is because people today still seek explanations.

My Name

Elliot, so common, so boring. I never believed my name meant anything, just some random name out there. There are so many Elliot's in the world, I feel like I'm not unique, that I'm not special. Just as if I was a tiny piece of grass in a huge meadow. Insignificant, not different in any way. Nothing humoristic about how I was named. I was just named Elliot because my parents thought it sounded cool.
My name means "My god is the lord", as if I was to be very religious. My name may be Hebrew, and my name might mean my god is the lord, but I can tell you that I am not religious. Back in the medieval times Elliot was originally Elijah. Overtime Elijah became Elliot, and that would be the only good thing about my name. I would never want my name to be Elijah. One thing that I am unhappy about my name is that since Elliot is so common, many people misspell my name. They spell it like Elliott, Eliott, or Eliot, when my name is actually Elliot. See unlike most people who end up liking there names after writing this paragraph, i still do not appreciate or like my name.

I chose this picture for many reasons. First of all, I think of journeys as mazes, which is the case in my picture. I believe this because a maze has many obstacles, such as dead ends, as well as journeys have many obstacles. My picture also has the maze represented as the world. Journeys happen all over the world and so this links to a journey being a world. My quote relates to my picture as well. For example, whenever you go through a maze, you might need teamwork and communication. If you find your way out of a maze, you might feel happy or proud. But when did you learn how to communicate and have teamwork? When you were going through the maze, not when you scrambled your way out of the maze. That relates to my quote because, as i said, lessons come from the journey, not the destination.