A Myth is a special kind of story that uses all sorts of images, special times, special places and symbols to explain something that is beyond our knowledge.
	Myths contain truths that often need to be understood within the religion that they come from.
	Myths are very important and must be treated carefully
	Creation myths are religious stories, mostly coming from a very long time ago, which try to answer the age old question " how did the universe begin".
	Although we might think that we have scientific knowledge about the beginning of our universe, we do not know the exact truth and sometimes we need to look elsewhere for some ideas that expand our minds. We need to look at myths to give us a wider picture to understand our wonderful universe.
	Creation myths also help us to understand why so many humans believe that we do not own the world and can simply do with it what we like. Creation myths help us understand that we only borrow the world while we live in it and that it really belongs to someone else.

             A Chinese Creation Story  - 
                                        Pan Gu

         A Hindu Creation Story

     The Genesis story of Creation

      The Aboriginal Dreamtime

   The Modern Story

As a final piece of work in this you need to fill in a grid which compares all the stories to show the similarities and the differences.  This will help you understand some of the patterns that emerge from all the stories and show hw they all point to caring for the planet.  We need to think carefully about our world and have a sense that it belongs to everyone.  This will help us be strong in our commitment to saving natural resources and helping stop pollution in all its forms. 

You can download the grid here, open it in Word,  save it to your hard disc and then fill it in as required.  Thank carefully about the bottom set of boxes. You will need to print the final copy and fix it into your books.