Great Regulars: The importance of the sun is further emphasized

as the speaker continues his drama. God begins to walk on the earth with the sun "on his right hand/And the moon on his left." And the "stars were clustered about his head." As God walked on the earth, His feet "hollowed the valleys out/And bulged the mountains up." Genesis more vaguely reveals God's creation process than this speaker, who imaginatively fills in the gaps as he creates his own creation myth.

In Genesis, God separates the heavens from the earth. This speaker has God spitting out the "seven seas" and after clapping His hands, the thunder begins and rain comes down, "cooling waters came down."

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: James Weldon Johnson's The Creation

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