Light the blue touch paper and stand well back...

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by DarkFish

Then the Christian creation myth. First there's just god, he blinks his eye and POOF there's the universe

At least Germanic Paganism does not have some bible "explaining" how exactly everything is created. Germanic Paganism at least acknowledges we do not know everything.

Actually, the Genesis account of creation implies that there is much about the workings of the universe that is beyond the comprehension of man. The heavily symbolic and metaphoric language is as a presentation of creation to pre-technologic man; hence the use of 'days' and 'nights' in reference. It also introduces the concept of Sabbath; a day to which reflect and give thanks to The Creator for, well, Creation. All in all, it's a very logical foundation for a voluminous religious text.