Comparison of creation myths ancient China and ancient Russia

Lv Wenxin, Wang Gang

Article is devoted to the description of origins of myths about world creation of Ancient China and Ancient Russia. The scientific novelty of the work is the association of myths around a central image and comparison of the myths of ancient China and ancient Russia. The author stops in detail on different versions of an origin of the world. As a result of comparison the author comes to a conclusion that in mythology of Ancient China and Ancient Russia there are plots about an origin of a life on the Earth which supplement each other.

Keywords:Ancient China, Ancient Russia, myth, creation of the world, cosmogonic myths.