Thoughts on the various succession myths and what they mean and how to capture them in our own worldbuilding.

Thoughts on world building and populating a universe with gods and myths

The greatest acts of creation in myth are always preceded by an act of destruction. That is something that stood out to me as I trawled through myths from Hesiod to the Enuma Elish and the Norse tale of Ymir as I considered my own tale of creation.