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Creation, the creating of the universe, and often also of the creatures that inhabit it, explained in mythological terms. One of the principal purposes of mythological tradition worldwide is to give an account of the creating of the cosmos. Mythographers (i.e. those who record and analyse myths) often make a distinction between "creation myths" (cosmogonies), which tell how the world arose or was created from a primal state, and "myths of origin", which explain how later features of the known world, such as human beings, animals, or the social order, came into being. In reality, myths of origin are usually continuations of a cosmogony, revealing the further action of an original creative impulse. In the biblical book of Genesis, for example, the Hebrew god Yahweh (see Jehovah) is first a primary creator deity, separating the elements and forming the Earth. Later, after he has made the first humans, Adam and...

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