Question: The Creation Myth

Notice the words in the passage that indicate that this story is a creation myth.

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When the earth first became hot, land emerged from the slime of the sea. The deepest darkness of caverns, a male, and the moonless darkness of night, a female, gave birth to the simple lifeforms of the sea. The coral that builds islands was born, and the grub, the sea cucumber, the sea urchin, and the barnacle.