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Yes, that's one of the things I really love about WoT; it pulls from almost every philosophy to create a world not altogether unlike our own, and which we can all relate to in one way or another, as all good literature should.

A very interesting point; I know RJ was a Freemason, which is much influenced by Deism, as well as other world religions. In tWoT, it does seem as if the Creator has "moved on" and is strictly hands off, though perhaps not unconcerned with the fate of humanity.

True, but in most of those religions the creator was always there, without beginning or ending. So the Wheel must always have existed, or perhaps even be the Creator in tWoT mythology. I just looked in the Companion, but don't see anything about the Wheel having been created, so that is the...

I don't think that's unreasonable at all, Alenya . . . except that if there are no beginnings--or endings--to the turning of the Wheel, it could not have simply been created; once again, we are in the realm of paradox, which is not unheard of in the great religions of our own world. It is that...

WoT amazes me with the variety of mythologies and philosophies Jordan--the other Creator--wove into his world. Whole books could be written comparing it to real-world myths, etc. That is one of the reasons I love it so much; it is an incredibly rich world!

Yes, the mythology of the Wheel is based in Buddhist and Hindu mythology, and thus is an eternal "now". So the Creator must always have been, and there was never a time when the Creator was not. A paradox!