There are many differences between the Hebrew and Japanese creation stories. Many of these differences are because of theology and culture. But there are also some similarities. This paper will compare and contrast the two stories. The two stories are: Hebrew Creation Story and A Japanese Creation Story Nihongi.
The Hebrew story and the Japanese story are the same in that they both have two humans being created. The Hebrew story has Adam and Eve and the Japanese story has Izanagi-no-Mikoto and Izanami-no-Mikoto. They both create a male and female to reproduce and have children. But the difference is that in the Japanese story. They rep