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Creation myths of the world :

1598841750

9781598841756

1598841742

9781598841749

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Creation myths of the world :

[Book]

an encyclopedia /

David A. Leeming.

2nd ed.

Santa Barbara, CA :

ABC-CLIO,

©2010.

1 online resource (2 volumes (xx, 553, I-29 pages)) :

illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

v. 1. Parts I-II -- v. 2. Parts III-IV.

v. 1. The Creation Myth Types -- Ex Nihilo Creation -- Creation from Chaos -- World Parent Creation -- Emergence Creation -- Earth-Diver Creation -- The Creation Myths -- Achomawi -- Acoma (Aa'ku) -- Ainu -- Algonquin -- Altaic -- Anatolian -- Anishinabe (Ojibwe, Chippewa) -- Apache -- Arandan (Aruntan) -- Arapaho -- Arikara -- Ashanti -- Assiniboine -- Assyrian -- Aymaran -- Aztec (Mexica) -- Babylonian -- Bagobo -- Baltic -- Baluba -- Bambara -- Banks Islands -- Basonge -- Batak -- Birhor -- Blackfoot (Siksika) -- Bloods -- Bon (Bonpo) -- Boshongo -- Buddhist -- Bulu -- Buriat -- Bushmen (San, Basarwa) -- Cahto (Kato, Kaipomo) -- Canaanite -- Celtic -- Ceram -- Cherokee (Tsalagi) -- Cheyenne -- Chinese -- Christian -- Chukchee -- Creek (Muskogee) -- Crow (Absarkoes, Apsaalooke) -- Cuebo -- CupeñO (Kuupanqaxwichen) -- Dhammai (Miji) -- Diegueños -- Dinka -- Dogon -- Dyak (Dayak) -- Efe -- Efik -- Egyptian -- Ekoi -- Fang (Fan) -- Fiji Islands -- Finnish (Finno-Ugric) -- Fon -- Fulani -- Garo (Achik) -- Gilbert Islands -- Gnostic -- Gond -- Greek -- Guarani -- Haida -- Hawaiian -- Hebrew -- Hopi -- Hottentot -- Hungarian (Magyar) -- Huron -- Ijaw (Ijo) -- Inca -- Indian -- Inupiat (Inupiaq) -- Ipurina (Apurina) -- Irish -- Islamic -- Jain -- Japanese (Shinto) -- Jivaro (Shuar) -- Joshua (Tce'Metun) -- Kagaba -- Kakadu -- Kikuyu -- Kiowa -- Kodiak -- Kokowarra -- Kono -- Kootenay (Kutanai, Ktunaxa) -- Korean -- Krachi -- Kukulik -- Laguna (Kawaik) -- Lao -- Lapp (Sami) -- Lenape (Delaware) -- Lugbara -- LuiseñO -- Maasai -- Maidu -- Malagasy -- Malozi (Lozi, Alyui, Barotse) -- Mandan -- Mande -- Maori -- Mapuche -- Mariana Islands -- Marshall Islands -- Mayan -- Minyong -- Miwok -- Mixtec -- Modoc -- Mohawk (Kanienkaha) -- Mongolian -- Mosetene -- Munduruc -- Muysca (Muisca) -- Nandi -- Navajo (Dine) -- Negritos -- Netsilik -- New Britain -- New Hebrides -- Nez Perce -- Ngombe (Bangala) -- Ngurunderi -- Norse -- Nugumuit -- Nup -- Nyamwezi -- Okanagan (Isankuafli) -- Olmec -- Omaha -- Onondaga -- Oneida -- Oqomiut -- Osage -- Papago (Tohono O'Odham) -- Papua New Guinea -- Pawnee -- Penobscot -- Persian (Iranian) -- Phoenician -- Pima (Akimal O'Odham) -- Polynesian -- Pomo -- Pueblo People -- Roman -- Romanian (Rumanian) -- Salinan -- Salishan (Flat Heads) -- Samoan -- Samoyed -- San Cristobal -- Scientific -- Seneca (Onödowåga') -- Shilluk -- Siberian -- Siberian-Tartar -- Sikh -- Sioux -- Skagit -- Snohomish -- Solomon Islands -- Sumerian -- Sumu -- Swahili -- Tahitian -- Talmudic -- Tantric -- Tewa -- Thompson Indians -- Tierra Del Fuego -- Tlingit -- Toltec -- Tonga -- Truk Island -- Tsimshian -- Tuamotuan -- Tungus -- Turkic (Pre-Islamic Turkish) -- Tuscarora -- Uitoto -- Ute -- Vietnamese -- Wahungwe -- Wapangwa -- Welsh -- Winnebago -- Wyandot -- Wyot -- Yakima -- Yami -- Yana -- Yanomami -- Yao -- Yaruro -- Yokut -- Yolugu -- Yoruba -- Yuchi (Tsoyaha) -- Yuki -- Yuma (K-Wichhna) -- Yurucare -- Zapotec -- Zia -- Zoroastrian -- Zulu -- Zuni. -- v. 2. # -- Comparative Aspects -- Ages of Creation -- Ancestors in Creation -- Animals in Creation -- Animistic Creation -- Axis Mundi in Creation -- Birth as Creation Metaphor -- Bodily Waste or Fluids as Creation Source -- Clay-Based Creation -- Cosmic Egg in Creation -- Coyote in Creation -- Creation Myths as Curing -- Culture Heroes in Creation -- Death Origin in Creation -- Deus Faber Creation -- Deus Otiosus or Absconditus in Creation -- Devil in Creation -- Dismemberment of Primordial Being as Creation -- Dreaming as Creation -- Duality in Creation -- Etiological Creation Myths -- Fall From Grace in Creation -- Father Creators -- Flood in Creation Myths -- Four Directions in Creation -- Goddess as Creator -- Imperfect or Accidental Creation -- Incest in Creation -- Origin of Evil in Creation -- Primordial Waters in Creation -- Raven in Creation -- Sacrifice in Creation -- Separation of Heaven and Earth in Creation -- Sexual Impulse in Creation -- Shamanism and Creation -- Sky Woman Descends -- Sun in Creation -- Thought-Based Creation -- Trickster in Creation -- Twins in Creation -- Two Creators Motif -- Woman as Source of Evil -- Word-Based Creation -- Glossary -- Comparative Charts.

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Provides a comprehensive resource on creation myths from around the world, their narratives, themes, motifs, similarities, and differences-and what they reveal about their cultures of origin.

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Creation myths of the world.

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Creation, Comparative studies, Encyclopedias.

Creation.

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