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Two well-known stories of creation are the Genesis and Elder Eddas. The Christian belief is their God Ijohba starts the creation of the universe by calling all things into existence from eternal darkness with a mire gesture of his hands and uttering the words let there be light. The Norse story Elder Eddas, does not start with a single god setting the process into, but with water rushing forth into a crevasse and freezing, welting, …

…process. God merely calls out each feature that but be created to cause the next to form till he has made the Earth whole. The three of the most distinct differences between these two stories still have some similarities. The gods seam to have the same good intentions for there people, and both worlds have the same beginning of darkness. These stories are not similar unless you look at them closely but there are there.