Meanings
plural creation stories
- Synonym of creation myth
... Creation Story, a subject which, from the Christian point of view, is of the highest importance . This story stands at the very threshold of the Bible[…]
1890, The Freethinker, page 2032 more examples
... creation story has not been recounted in a public ceremony in any longhouse in all of Iroquoia for something over one hundred years . The story of the woman who fell from the sky and landed on Turtle's back , initiating the creation of[…]
2005, John Mohawk, Iroquois Creation Story: John Arthur Gibson and J.N.B. Hewitt's Myth of the Earth Grasper... creation story lessons are profound and deeply rooted in the spiritual realms of reality. To really grasp and appreciate the creation narrative, I am convinced that we must approach it like the blind and deaf Helen Keller, in need of a[…]
2019 January 31, Avi ben Mordechai, COMING HOME: The Genesis Creation Story: of Hebraic Faith, Hope, and Love for Everyday Life, COMINGHOME, INC., →ISBN, page 100Synonyms: creation myth
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of creation myth
Origin
Compound of creation + story, perhaps intended to avoid the negative connotations of myth (“false belief”).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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“creation story.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/creation%20story. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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