he earth,waters and land metaphorically. The Biblical account seems to be more plain,simple, and organized; not spending time on intricate detail. There seems to beno specific time frame for creation in Ovid's writing, whereas, the Bible statesthat it takes God six days to complete His creation; resting on the seventh. InMetamorphoses, the creation story is seven stanzas, a compilation of eightylines. It takes Moses thirty- one verses of Old Testament history to completehis story of creation. There are a few discrepancies in detail as well. The water, in Ovid's,"[holds] up, [holds] in the land," while, in Genesis, the land "[separates] thewaters from the waters" (549; 1:9). In Metamorphoses the air, land, light and water (as humans know it) seems to form at one instant when "God, or kindlierNature, [settles] all"(549). In Genesis however, light; heaven; land andvegetation; stars, sun and moon; fish; animals and man are created on separatedays. Though these two writings are different in many respects, they arestrikingly similar as well. Both are great and beautiful poems that contiue tostand the test of time. They are also written for the purpose of explaining oranswering some question, whether that be who, what, or how time and existence,as it is known today, came to pass. Both poems give credit for creation to a supreme being or supernaturalbeings. Ovid states that "the gods, who [make] the changes, will help me--or Ihope

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