Some Common Mythic Elements
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Last Updated: Wednesday, February 14, 2001
| Culture | Water | Darkness | Light | Creator | Link(s) |
| Early Greek | Sea | Chaos | N/M | Chaos | Eurynome |
| Later Greek | Chaos | Yes | N/M | Chaos | from Hesiod |
| Egyptian | Sea | N/M | Created from Chaos | Chaos | Two Stories |
| Mayan | Sea | Yes | Created by Committee | Four Gods | Popul Vuh #1 |
| Hindu | Chaos | Brahman Created | Brahman Created | Brahman |
Indian Verdic |
| Norse | Mist | abyss | South of Mist | Ymir+cow | Norse |
| Persian | N/M | Abyss | Ozmud Filled Abyss with it | Ozmud & Ahiri | Ozmud vs Ahiri |
| Semite | Waters wild and waste | Pre-existed | Yahwah Created | Yawah | Torah |
| Yoruba | Watery chaos,marshy waste | N/M | N/M | Gods + Sky pre-xisting | Several |
| Finnish | Primeval Sea | N/M | N/M | Sea first | Kaleva |
| Chinese | No, Cosmic Egg | Yang | Yin | Pangu+Yin+Yang | Several |
| Japanese | Oily Sea of Chaos | N/M | N/M | Kami | Like Chinese |
| Polynesian | Watery Chaos | Po | Ao | Ku | Polynesian |
| Algonquin | N/M | N/M | N/M | Earth mother | Many nations |
| Ankara | Water Below | N/A | Pre-existing | Yes+2 ducks | Many nations |
| Iroquois | Sea Below | Pre-existed | Created by the Great Turtle+Humans | Great Turtle | Many nations |
| Pawnee | Below | N/M | N/M | One Great Spirit | Many nations |
| Puma | Yes | Creator made | Creator made | Created from sea foam | Many nations |
| Yuma | Yes | Pre-existing Evil | Pre-existing Good | Formed from splashes | Many nations |
| Zuni | Moisture | Always there | Always there | Father Sun | Many nations |
| Inca | Primeval Lake | Pre-existing | From water+darkness | Arose from Water | Inca |
| Mesopotamia | Chaos | N/M | N/A | Sky+Chaos | Middle East |
