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There are many myths that exist regarding how the world was created. These myths have several factors in common, but are essentially very different. In the Viking myth "The Birth of the World," the Egyptian story of "The Creation," and Chinese tale "Pan Gu Creates the World," all three storylines contain mystical beings, however, all three differ simply because of cultural differences. All three myths refer to water and each explains their version of how …

…links to water, and they are all based on the world arriving from nothing. The creatures are unlike anything that can be related to in real life. They are definite understood references, yet each story still leaves room for the reader to interpret the characteristics. The water is what varies in each myth. These myths are based on belief and imagination; the ideal combination for a society to explain how the world arrived from nothing.