Norse creation myth and Genesis?

Question

this is not a religious question, so please do not state your beliefs here.

I am writing a paper. I would like to know which is supposed to have come first (I mean, which story was told first, if you know): the Norse creation myth or the creation myth in Genesis?

Again, this is not a religious question, really--i would just like to know what I asked, not what your religious beliefs are. Also, thank you for your interest but please only answer if you know.

I'm sorry, I guess I should have put this in mythology. Forgive me!

Answer 1

Most likely the Genesis account is older, but this really becomes a matter of the history of writing. By this I mean that creation myths in all cultures arise from the earliest eras of human thought, and were preserved through the oral tradition. Writing seems to emerge first in the Middle east, so the writing of Genesis is put at around 1500 bce (this date varies among scholars and there is too much discussion to include here on dating the Pentateuch).

It's much later that the Norse epics are written--have a look at the page below for a summary of this history.

Hope this helps!

Also, I'm not sure that this is the wrong section --you are asking a comparative religious question, so it seems that it would fit in either category.

Answer 2

Genesis is taken from older Pagan creation myths, which tournament many of the middle eastern myths. Norse creation myths are very corresponding to 3 Celtic myths, and so forth.... it quite is all cultural. motives why Genesis does not truly have poetry to it, is on account it quite is a mix of a pair of diverse thoughts of creation. in case you look close sufficient, you hit upon there are 2 thoughts in Genesis... basically finding at how that god created each and every little thing, and in a particular order in one financial ruin... the subsequent financial ruin the order is diverse. in one, adam is made, then the animals and then eve later. the subsequent one Adam and eve are made jointly. It does not pass appropriate because of the fact it quite is not basically one tale.

Answer 3

The Norse mythology was developed during the Viking age (circa 750 to 1060 A.D.).

The Genesis account is found in the Bible, and sets the time of the receiving of the 10 Commandments somewhere between the 13th and 16th centuries B.C.E.

The 10 Commandments are much older than the Norse mythology accounts.

Answer 4

Genesis would be older. Complete copies of Genesis exist from 400 years BC. Partial copies date back centuries before that.

The first recorded encounter with the Norse comes from around 200-300 AD. The earliest record of the myths (note written by a Norseman) dates from around 800AD. They did not have a written language until 1000AD. The earliest recorded version actually written by the Norse date from 1250 AD.

Answer 5

Really no way to tell. The Norse were not into writing as soon as the people in the near east where the genesis myth evolved.

The origins are probably coeval.

Answer 6

The book of Genesis, believed by many to be penned by Moses (there is no conclusive reason to deny the Mosaic authorship of Genesis), was likely written between 1440 and 1400 BC. I know nothing of Norse creation accounts.

Answer 7

Check out the Gilgamesh Epic of Ugraritic fame for the firstest.

Answer 8

I'm not sure that it could be accuratly dated, as before writing all myths and legends were oraly translated.

Answer 9

messopotamian civilization is the oldest, so their religions/myths must be older