Does Wicca have a creation story?

Answer 1

The Tradition of Wicca about which I know the most (not being an initiate) does have one, but I'm fairly sure I'm not supposed to say what it is, as it's in that Tradition's Book of Shadows.

Wicca, just so you know, is not the "it's anything I want to call it" stuff - it's an initiatory religious tradition (that means that you can't just call yourself a Wiccan, you have to be brought into it by those who are trained in, and already initiated into, the religion), and it is also oath-bound (meaning that initiates take an oath not to reveal certain things to non-initiates).

So whatever you get as a creation story for Wicca is likely to be either inaccurate or the betrayal of an oath.

Answer 2

If you are talking about a mythical creation story, the answer to that is that to the best of my knowledge, there is not a singularly acknowledged creation story.

This is one of the things that drew me to Wicca, the fact that "I don't know how everything got started" is a legitimate answer.

Wicca isn't bogged down with the need to know how the Divine started everything, it is far more important to know where and what your place is in the web of creation.

Raven's Voice may not be Wicca, however she is speaking the truth.

It is a continuing sore point for me that people think they can learn enough to become Wiccan from a book or a Website. If those who started Wicca set it up so that it can only be taught to people they felt were ready for that step, oath-bound to do it that way, what does that say about a book or website that tells you you can learn Wicca on your own?

If you are wondering how I come by this opinion, I am Wiccan. I found the teacher, it really isn't hard to do if you truly are a seeker, did the work, spent the time and was willing to be corrected when my information or sources were incorrect.

Answer 3

Short answer: sometimes.

There is no central cultural mythology to Wicca. Wicca is an open framework in which a person can incorporate their own belief structure. Those who follow Norse deities might muse upon the Norse creation stories, Greeks might think on the Greek creation stories. Some Wiccans don't give it much thought on way or another.

Mace

Answer 4

There is no universally accepted creation myth in Wicca, but there is a poetic story about the Goddess seeing herself in the mirror of space and falling in love with her image. She draws the image out and begins dancing with it. The movement of the couple's love it what makes the universe. It's a beautiful story told in several variations. Two of my favorite stories are listed below.

I have read several responses to questions regarding Wicca that says you must be an initiate and oath-bound to truly be Wiccan. This may be true for some traditions of Wicca, but one does not need this to practice eclectic Wicca. One simply needs to become tuned to the Gods. I can say this as someone who has been initiated and someone who has practiced her own path separate from any tradition.

Answer 5

Not one that is universally accepted, no, though some Wiccans appreciate the poetry of creation myths from ancient religions. Many Wiccans of my acquaintance hold that science and physics give us a pretty accurate picture of how the universe came into being.

Answer 6

I'm not sure. I know most other Pagan traditions do. I admit I don't "Follow" mine. It think its a neat story but I believe in evolution. I think the first sparks of life came from the Gods yes, but I don't think Neb-er-tcher instantly made man through nu

Answer 7

I don't remember seeing/hearing any. I do now it's based on nature worship so I think they believe in evolution being guided by masculine and feminine forces. I'm not sure if they see actual beings or just energetic forces.

Answer 8

According to the Vangelo delle Streghe; “Diana was the first created of all creation. In Her were all things.”
In other words Diana, or Goddess, is PRIMEVAL DEITY. She existed before the first beginning, as CHAOS -God without form existing in a void, and having within Herself the seeds of all things, both spiritual and material, all mixed up together without order or definition. Primeval Deity is androgynous, having both feminine (spirit or yin) and masculine (matter or yang) elements, and is sometimes portrayed as such in myth and artwork.. Sometimes however Primeval Deity is portrayed as feminine, since we think of Primeval Deity in association with the Goddess, or Spirit -indeed as the Higher Self of Goddess. In this sense Primeval Deity is identified with the CRONE Goddess -the Goddess in Her aged state, having existed from before the dawn of time. This is the wisest and most knowing part of Goddess, most commonly called HEKATE.
For endless aeons Primeval Deity existed in this amorphous and undifferentiated state, in the darkness before the first creation. At first She slept, aware of nothing, resting and recharging, gathering Her energies and merely being -alone and complete in Herself.
But over the course of time, Primeval Deity began to stir; to become aware. First She became aware of Her own existence. In time She began to think, to dream, to question -to desire. She wondered; What would it be like to feel? What would it be like to move? To take action? To be able to receive sensation? To see? To taste? To hear?
And so for aeons Primeval Deity thought, and considered, and wondered. And then;
“Out of Herself, the first Darkness, She divided Herself. Into Darkness and Light She was divided. The God, Her brother and son, Herself and Her other Self, was the Light.”
Primeval Deity divided Herself -One became Two.
All of the physical, tangible, volatile parts of Primeval Deity went into the God, who was the Light. The God exploded into existence out of Primeval Deity in a shower of spark and flame which we remember as the Big Bang, the starting point of physical creation.
All of the spiritual, ethereal, eternal parts of Primeval Deity remained in the Goddess. In this sense Goddess is thought of as a continuation of Primeval Deity, since the consciousness of Primeval Deity is one of the Spiritual parts that remained with Her.
And the God spread out in all directions through the primordial void, a blaze of light and superheated matter. In time His fire would cool into stars, and from stars to Planets. As this happens the vibration of the matter slows, it becomes more dense, seemingly solid.
This slowing cooling, and solidifying, is described as “Falling into Matter.” Symbolically the God is described as having fallen into Seven Planes of existence. Seven Planes is the ancient number, based on the idea of the seven Ptolemaic Planets (that is, the Sun, Moon, and those Planets visible with the naked eye). These Seven Planes are, from the lowest up; Physical, Emotional, Mental, Astral, Soular or Egoic, Monadic, and Divine. The Seven Planes are also sometimes called the Seven Spheres, or the Seven Dimensions; all refer to the same basic concept.
The Vangelo continues;
“And when Diana saw that the light was so beautiful, the light which was Her other half, her brother the God, She yearned for it with exceeding great desire. Wishing to receive the light again into Her darkness, to swallow it up in rapture, in delight, She trembled with desire. And this trembling was the first dawn.
But the God’s light fled from Her and would not yield to Her wishes. He was the light which flies into the most distant parts of heaven, the mouse which flies before the cat.”
Seeing the beauty of the God -that is, of the physical Universe- the Goddess was entranced with desire, and wanted it back. She had dreamed of seeing and tasting and doing, but being separate from the God She could do none of this. She could only observe from outside that which She had created. The Goddess wanted the experiences She had dreamed of, and so She desired to take the created Universe back into Herself... But it wasn’t that easy.