Each creation story highlights the most important aspects of the cultures that wrote them. Not only do they show people's values, but they can give us a glimpse of what those cultures might have been like. Comparing the Atra-hasis, Rig Veda, Genesis, Yijing and Popol Vuh revealed many distinct themes focusing on the time and place where the story of creation occurred . The patterns found in creation stories from different parts of the world show how similar human beings are. Creation stories told during the same period expose many parallels. The Rig Veda and the Yijing, written 400 years apart, have many fascinating similarities. First, both creation stories follow a cyclical creation process and it can be assumed that people believed that life followed the same or similar process. Second, humans seem to be simply an object of creation, even though they can be powerful. In the Yijing humans always existed or rather were not created by a single entity and in the Rig Veda the excerpt doesn't even mention humans at all. Finally, there is a somewhat unique idea in both cases, the idea of ​​uniqueness, the theory that the existent comes from the non-existent. Genesis and the Popol Vuh are said to have begun to be told around the same time. Although they are very far from each other, there are nevertheless similarities. To begin with, both of these creation stories follow a linear creation process that life doesn't seem to follow. Humans are also completely obedient to the god(s). They were created or promised to worship and follow the will of their creators. It should be noted that when a creation story arose, the older ones did not die out. That said, over time, the story of creation...... middle of paper...... stories. It is evident that many values ​​are similar, such as the necessity of agriculture, a culture's closeness to nature, and the fact that each of these societies possessed divine power. Despite what we may say about how humans are different, we all seem to share basic needs. How interesting how many models share these creation stories, not only those that occurred in the same region, but more importantly how the time period reveals as much, if not more. Overall, what we can learn is that humans seem to need to have someone to worship or something to believe in. Through these similarities, we can learn more about what it really means to be human. Works Cited Weisner, Merry E., William Bruce Wheeler, Franklin M. Doeringer, Kenneth R. Curtis. Discovering the world's past: a look at the evidence. Vol.1: Around 1600. Ed. 3. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007. 20-43.