Hinduism

            
             What is the Origin of the World?- In this poem, the poet talks about what existed before the world as we know it today, and before any creation, and even before the birth of the gods. He states there was neither nonexistence nor existence, the sky wasn't there neither was there any space. There was neither death nor immortality; there was no sign of night or day. Darkness was hidden by darkness, all was water. The force of life was empty, and that one arose from the power of the heat. He states that desire was the first seed of the mind. No one really knows about creation, the gods came afterwards, with the creation of the universe. No one, but the one who looks down on it, in the highest heaven will be the only one to know, or perhaps not even he knows. .
             Vedanta: The Upanishads and their commentaries.- Yama's Instructions to Naciketas-.
             This is a story about a Brahmin boy named Naciketas, whose father is performing a sacrifice to give away all of his possessions. So, Naciketas asks his father to whom will he give him away to, and his father tells him to Yama, the god of death. The words spoken during a sacrifice have great significance and he is immediately sent to Yama.
             Yama wasn't there when he arrived there, but came after three days, and since the boy was a Brahmin, he apologizes to him, and grants him three wishes. Naciektas wishes that he be returned to his father, and his father excepting him with happiness and love instead of anger. Next he asks about the Naciektas fires for which he is named, and this is significant because it shows the values and practices of Brahmins are not questioned. He is curious about the sacrifices, which causes him to tend toward his third question, what happens to humans after death. Yama tests Naciketas, in order to determine his sincerity in asking this, by offering him worldly goods, like wealth, land, power, long-lived sons and grandsons, fame, etc.