Have you ever marveled at the very miraculous idea how life begins, or an explanation to the miracle that happens every day? There is such an abundance of diverse theories to how it all began, and explanations of what occurs during death. The veracity of possibilities that after life is tangible is a disputable question also. If such thing exists, no one can state for a fact. Scientific views contradict some religious beliefs of these topics. There are minor and major differences in the takes on these topics, between the Chinese and Egyptian mythological view on the phenomenon of life; birth, death, and the afterlife. .
In Chinese mythology, the story of the creation of life for man dates back thousands of years. The beginning of life for men in Chinese mythology says that a god named Nu Wa created men from clay and rope. .
It is said that there were no men when the sky and the earth were separated. It was Nu Wa who made men by molding yellow clay. The work was so taxing that her strength was not equal to it. So she dipped a rope into the mud and then lifted it. The mud that dripped from the rope also became men. Those made by molding yellow clay were rich and noble, while those made by lifting the rope were poor and low. (Nu 1).
The idea that man was created from a higher power is also followed in Egyptian mythology.
The Egyptian take on the creation of man is somewhat similar to the Chinese mythological view on it. An Egyptian god by the name of Knum also makes, and molds humans out of clay. Knum was "the Egyptian ram god who makes the Nile delta fertile and suitable for agriculture" (Chnum 1). Knum was also the creator of human children, whom he makes from clay and places in their mothers' uteruses (Chnum 1). .
These two explanations of how human kind has come about, are quite similar tales. Both myths involve a greater human power creating man, and man is also created from clay in both myths.
