Do Wiccans believe in a creation story? If what then what is it?

Answer 1

Their is no universal "wiccan creation story" as, it's beliefs are derived from many cultures & tradtions, especially ecclectic wicca.

There is this story written by Silver Ravenwolf that appeared in theLewellyn magical almanac 1999 & also in Teen Witch but it is just a story. It is by no means held as canon the way that Genesis is in the Bible

http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/amethystbt/wiccancreation.html

Answer 2

The answer to this question will differ from witch to witch, It really depends on the craft in which the witch practices under. Greek Pagans will follow the path of the Olympian Gods creation where as Nordic Pagans would follow Asgardian creation myths and Christian Witch's would follow the events in the bible. Some witch's have their own personal beliefs. But we all have one central belief in common:
Goddess/God is to powerful of a concept to be bound to any One mortal concept. God is exactly what God wishes to be and reveals itself throughout humanity (and all of nature) in an infinite variety of ways, thus ALL beliefs are valid and valued. No one more then the other.

Answer 3

The religion is called Wicca. Wiccans can believe any thing they want to. Most believe that evolution is the most credible scientific explanation of the differences between the species. We also tend to believe in the "Big Bang!" Probably because it sounds so good!

Answer 4

they do not. they believe in evolution. but some pagans have creation stories.

Answer 5

The creation myth of the Faery tradition of Wicca, as retold by Starhawk, is interesting for two main reasons: first, it is strikingly close to scientific theories of creation, and second, it describes the creation of the universe as the result of love between two feminine forces. It is only as the creations burst forth from the Primal Mother that the secondary Goddess, Miria, is pushed further away from the Primal Mother and masculinized. It is Miria/God's longing for the Primal Mother that draws Him to Her and defines the earthly wheel of the year (the changing of the seasons and, by implication, the human life cycle).

"Alone, awesome, complete within Herself, the Goddess, She Whose name cannot be spoken, floated in the abyss of the outer darkness, before the beginning of all things. And as She looked into the curved mirror of black space, She saw by Her own light Her radiant reflection, and fell in love with it." (Starhawk, p.31). The description of the void before creation as being a "curved mirror" is remarkably similar to scientific theories that before the big bang, all dimensions existed at the same time, in the same space----in other words, a compressed, curved reflection of itself.

Next, we have the unique idea of creation born out of the love of two feminine forces. "She drew it forth by the power that was in Her and made love to Herself, and called Her "Miria, the Wonderful." "Their ecstasy burst forth in the single song of all that is, was, or ever shall be, and with the song came motion, waves that poured outward and became all the spheres and circles of the worlds. The Goddess became filled with love, swollen with love, and She gave birth to a rain of bright spirits that filled the worlds and became all beings." (Starhawk p.31). Again, the idea of creation as sound waves, spheres and circles is fairly well known among modern physicists. All matter is constantly in motion. And all things, from galaxies to microscopic algae, move in cycles, yin/yanging around and around.

It is only the interplay of yin and yang, or cyclical movement, that creates/destroys. This is echoed in the modern theory of entropy. The rest of the myth describes Miria's separation from the Goddess, and the three stages She goes thru to become God. The concept of the masculine as arising from the feminine is also recognized by modern biologists---the X, or female, chromosome, is present in both men and women. X chromosomes contain more genetic material than Y chromosomes. DNA present in the mitochondria of animal cells (including humans) are passed on unchanged from mother to child, but only females can pass it on to the next generation.

The myth goes on to describe how the God is eternally drawn to the Goddess and how His longing (to return to His source) produces the changing of the seasons. She gives birth to Him at the Winter Solstice, initiates Him to sexuality in the spring and summer, and He sacrifices Himself with the grain of fall so that life may go on.

In this myth, the Goddess is the Primal Source, both womb and tomb, from which all creation is born and to which all creation must return in death. The God is closer to us humans in that He, too, goes thru the human life cycle: birth, growth, sex, and death. This defines and validates humanity's place in the cosmos---neither at the center nor outside of it. We are part of everything, but, like everything, we must yield to inevitable Death. Hope, or at least comfort, is found in the fact that He always returns, just as spring always follows winter, so we humans might return as well. Thus, the concept of yin/yang, death/rebirth is an ancient one in Faery Wicca oral tradition.