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I agree that the stories reflect the world as it truly is.

Those creation stories are created by people, so they represent truly and clearly what they thought AT THAT TIME.

[Creation story in The Bible] I don't think this story was created by general people in the old days. Because in other creation stories, their are no orders and laws and mighty powers. Ancient people are pure equal, which is proved by anthropologists. But in the creation story in the bible, there are mighty powers, rules and punishments. Therefore, I think the purpose of creating such a story is political.The creator of the story try to set up the mighty power of God, and try to make people feel guilty so that they would be faithful to the God they created. The story may just be a tool to hold people within the "religious" group and to increase the power of Pope.
In that way, this creation story does represent the world as it truly was in that time.

[Traditional Creation story in China]
In the story, Pan Gu is the man with strength and curiosity. In the ancient time, Strength is highly valued. Strength is very important during the hunting. So the the people at that time would easily think that the world is created by a person with mighty strength.
In that way, this creation story does represent the world as it truly was in that time.

[Creation story in Tibet]
Tibetan stories are very religious and beautiful. I think it must have a lot things to do with the special location. Tibet is the most beautiful place in China, very very beautiful in the world. Tibetan people say they can feel God and are blessed with the richness of Nature there. So in the Tibetan creation story, they think mountains and lakes are all gods who come to protect them.
In that way, this creation story does represent the world as it truly was in that time.