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The "creation of man from clay" is a theme that recurs throughout world religions and mythologies. Examples include: * According to Sumerian mythology the god Enki or Enlil create a servant of the gods, humankind, out of clay and blood. See Enki and the Making of Man * According to Genesis 2:7 "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." * According to the Qur'an, God created man from clay. * According to Greek mythology, Prometheus created man from clay, while Athena breathed life into them.〔http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Prometheus.aspx〕 * According to Chinese mythology (see ''Chu Ci'' and ''Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era''), Nüwa molded figures from the yellow earth, giving them life and the ability to bear children. * According to Egyptian mythology the god Khnum creates human children from clay before placing them into their mother's womb.〔http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/316758/Khnum〕 * According to some American Indian beliefs, the Earth Shaker formed the figure of many men and women, which he dried in the sun and into which he breathed life. * According to Inca mythology the creator god Viracocha formed humans from clay on his second attempt at creating living creatures. * There is another story () in which both Enki and Ninmah (Ninhursag) get drunk from beer and enter into a contest that involves one deity making handicapped or deformed humans from the moist clay of the Abzu, the other deity decreeing a function for the created individual. p 9-10: Lost Treasures of the Bible, Clyde E Fant and Mitchell G Reddish 2008 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. USA ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Creation of man from clay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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