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The three creation myths of the Greeks, Sumerian and Egyptians share an emphasis on water. I believe that the importance of water asserted within the myths as a reflection of each societies view of water. To these cultures it is apparent that their relationship with water was not consistently good and they represent this within their creation stories. For example, the Sumerian creation myth begins the earth as a huge mass of water. This shows that their society sees water as a source of life. However, water is also detrimental to mankind. This is clear to the reader because it is involved in tragedy like Enil's wish for mankind's perish by way of flood as well as Gilgamesh's loss of his youth rejuvenating plant while he was bathing in water. This same contradiction is seen in Egyptian creation mythology. The world started off as a mass of water, again representing life, but Ra wanted to destroy mankind and his world with a great flood which shows the continuation of water's birth and death theme. In addition to this, the Duat river was the path of death for wicked man and the path to Nu's abode, the primeval ocean, showing how water reaps both rewards and tragedy. In Greek creation mythology, water is not as important of an aspect than the previous two but, it is certainly present. While this myth was being created, it was a time in which people believed that the world was flat and dick-like. The Greek myth says it was divided by a sea and was additionally surrounded by a river. Olimpia is also nestled upon water in its gaseous form and this shows its closeness to the gods and its immense importance. However, there is also an issue of the scarcity of water that is brought fourth to Zues from his first race. The Paradoxical nature of water has congruence throughout all three stories and shows the three cultures relationship to it.