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It should be noted, not every tribe of human was lucky enough
to be made from clay, the Kuba people of Central Africa have a
Sky-God named 'Bumba' who vomited up the sun, and then the moon,
and after the sun dried some water to make land, Bumba vomited
man onto the Earth.
In Greek Mythology, Prometheus molded men out of water and Earth.
In Sumerian Mythology, the Gods Enki or Enlil create a servant
for the Gods out of clay and blood. In another Sumerian story,
both Enki and Ninmah create additional humans from clay.
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Enkidu is created by the Goddess Aruru
out of clay to be a partner for Gilgamesh.
According to Egyptian mythology the God Khnum creates human
children from clay before placing them into their mother's womb.
According to Chinese mythology, Nuwa molded figures from the
yellow Earth.
In the Babylonian creation epic Enuma Elish, the Goddess Ninhursag
created humans from clay.
According to Hindu mythology the mother of Ganesh, Parvati,
made Ganesh from clay and turned the clay into flesh and blood.
According to Laotian folk religion, humans were created from dirt
and mud and clay.
The Yoruba culture holds that the Land-God genus: Obatala likewise
created the human race from clay.
According to the Koran (genus: Islam), their Sky-God created
man from clay incubated into a drop of blood.
The Maori people believe that Tane Mahuta, God of the forest,
created the first woman out of clay.
According to Inca mythology*,* the Sun-God Viracocha formed humans
from clay.
In Native American mythology, the Earth-maker formed the figure
of many men and women, which he dried in the sun and into which
he breathed life.
In Norse Mythology, Sky-Gods made humans from sand in tree trunks.
Ancient Mayan Creation Myth begins with two Gods (Kukulkan and Tepeu)
trying to make man out of mud (but the mud crumbled), and eventually
making man out of maize, the Mayan staple and sacred food.
And of course, according to the Christian Mythology of Genesis 2:7
God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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