3 myths
Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Earth from across Jewish tradition.
3 myths on JewishMythology.com retell how Jewish tradition imagines earth, drawn from the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, Talmud, Kabbalah, and later Jewish literature. Each story below synthesizes primary sources into a single narrative; follow any myth to read it, and from there into the source passages behind it.
Earth pulled itself to the gate before heaven could look lazy, and Ben Zoma stared at the gap between waters until the world took him.
After the flood, Noah stood on the mountain and blessed the God who made him the hinge of history, then divided the whole world between his sons.
Korah's rebellion dragged families toward a living grave, but On slept while his wife blocked the tent, held the bed, and prayed him back.
