Author's Note: Yep, chapter 2 is finally up. I know this one seems a little short but then again I didn't really have too much to add to this myth. Chapter 3, the Khmun(Hermopolis) creation myth will be up sometime next week. Please read and leave a review!

Creation Myth #2: Ankh Tawy

I was one and always alone. I came from no place because I was my own creator. I am the Opener, the one whom you may call Ptah.

I had my own ideas, being a craftsman. I created various trinkets, statues, or objects with little meaning. However, there had to be some type of meaning, something more. I was thinking very dangerous thoughts inside my mind, thoughts that are almost inconceivable. There was raw emotion inside my heart. I lived in nothingness with no worlds or societies, no being except me. I decided that I would be alone no more.

For the first time since my created existence, I spoke my thoughts out loud. I suppose that is why I am called the Opener. Something called the universe was born to conquer the nothingness. I still think that the universe is its own god because it creates and it destroys. But unlike the universe, I only gave birth, not destroyed things. Next all the gods and goddesses were born. They gave themselves their own names, or I had I given them a name? Oddly, they were immortals like me, all of them different and none alike.

But the created sons and daughters had no place to go. They had to keep from just floating uncontrollably out into the universe. Immortal though they were, even they needed shelter. I created a planet called Earth for them to live on. I built towns with many temples and shrines. But who would honor my sons and daughters, perhaps who would honor even me? I could not worry about that yet. I provided stone statues for my sons and daughters to dwell in the Earth. They couldn’t just roam freely even on Earth.

I spoke more of my thoughts out loud. I created living beings called mortals, for there could be only enough immortals and no more. They would live and die, feel pleasure and pain, be joyous and suffer, honor the sons and daughters, and find their purpose. Among these living beings I called animals, humanity was one among them.

Someone had to go forward and stay on top, leaving the primitive lifestyle. I decided humanity would be that “someone.” For good or for worse, they would live, conquer, die and perhaps go beyond their borders.

I am Ptah the Opener. I am a creator and a craftsman. This is my existence and even immortals like me have to find their purpose. I have fulfilled mine, for now…