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Author : Virginia Hamilton
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0152387420
An illustrated collection of twenty-five myths from various parts of the world explaining the creation of the world.
Author : David A. Leeming
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781598841756
The most comprehensive resource available on creation myths from around the world—their narratives, themes, motifs, similarities, and differences—and what they reveal about their cultures of origin. ABC-CLIO's breakthrough reference work on creation beliefs from around the world returns in a richly updated and expanded new edition. From the Garden of Eden, to the female creators of Acoma Indians, to the rival creators of the Basonge tribe in the Congo, Creation Myths of the World: An Encyclopedia, Second Edition examines how different cultures explain the origins of their existence. Expanded into two volumes, the new edition of Creation Myths of the World begins with introductory essays on the five basic types of creation stories, analyzing their nature and significance. Following are over 200 creation myths, each introduced with a brief discussion of its culture of origin. At the core of the new edition is its enhanced focus on creation mythology as a global human phenomenon, with greatly expanded coverage of recurring motifs, comparative themes, the influence of geography, the social impact of myths, and more.
Author : Anthony Aveni
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300251241
An accessible exploration of how diverse cultures have explained humanity's origins through narratives about the natural environment Drawing from a vast array of creation myths--Babylonian, Greek, Aztec, Maya, Inca, Chinese, Hindu, Navajo, Polynesian, African, Norse, Inuit, and more--this short, illustrated book uncovers both the similarities and differences in our attempts to explain the universe. Anthony Aveni, an award-winning author and professor of astronomy and anthropology, examines the ways various cultures around the world have attempted to explain our origins, and what roles the natural environment plays in shaping these narratives. The book also celebrates the audacity of the human imagination. Whether the first humans emerged from a cave, as in the Inca myths, or from bamboo stems, as the Bantu people of Africa believed, or whether the universe is simply the result of Vishnu's cyclical inhales and exhales, each of these fascinating stories reflects a deeper understanding of the culture it arose from as well as its place in the larger human narrative.
Author : Carolyn North
Publisher : ICRL Press
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781936033027
IN THE BEGINNING: CREATION MYTHS FROM AROUND THE WORLD is a beautifully illustrated and informative collection of creation stories from 15 cultures, using indigenous sources. These stories demonstrate that creation is ongoing, everywhere and always, and that all of us are creators all of the time. This engaging book of images and stories is ultimately about creativity in all its forms. Originally an exhibition, IN THE BEGINNING has appeared in museums, galleries, churches, and schools in several U.S. cities. An audio version of the book, in which the myths are read by Amy Walker, is available from Findhorn Press.
Author : David Adams Leeming,David Adams (Professor of English and Comparative Literature Leeming, University of Connecticut)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Creation
ISBN : 0195102754
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Armadillo
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1861478666
Classic creation stories from ancient cultures around the world, a beautifully illustrated anthology of comparative mythology.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Bible
ISBN : 0802136109
Hailed as "the most radical repackaging of the Bible since Gutenberg", these Pocket Canons give an up-close look at each book of the Bible.
Author : Robert Jackson Bennett
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316192712
Vaudeville: mad, mercenary, dreamy, and absurd, a world of clashing cultures and ferocious showmanship and wickedly delightful deceptions. But sixteen-year-old pianist George Carole has joined vaudeville for one reason only: to find the man he suspects to be his father, the great Heironomo Silenus. Yet as he chases down his father's troupe, he begins to understand that their performances are strange even for vaudeville: for wherever they happen to tour, the very nature of the world seems to change. Because there is a secret within Silenus's show so ancient and dangerous that it has won him many powerful enemies. And it's not until after he joins them that George realizes the troupe is not simply touring: they are running for their lives. And soon...he is as well.
Author : Lewis Spence
Publisher : New York : AMS Press
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1908
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015012956085
Author : Anita Yasuda
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781614788690
Cherokee myths and legends were an important way for customs, beliefs, and histories to be passed down orally through the generations. These myths often explain natural events. In this creation myth, the creation of Earth by the animals and insects is told. The Cherokee nature myth is retold in this brilliantly illustrated Native American Myth. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Short Tales is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Author : Glen Cook
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1992-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466831094
Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some feel she is evil itself. The hardbitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must, burying their doubts with their dead. Until the prophesy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more. There must be a way for the Black Company to find her... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : David A. Leeming,Kathleen Morgan Drowne
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1996-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015038170034
From Absalom and Achitophel to Zadig, and from Richard Adams to William Butler Yeats, this volume presents more than 400 articles covering all aspects of literary allegory. In addition, it examines the relationship of allegory to film, music, psychoanalysis, and other fields. Includes many illustrations and black-and-white photos, and an extensive index and bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Wilfred G. Lambert
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575068619
For much of the last half of the twentieth century, W. G. Lambert devoted much of his research energy and effort to the study of Babylonian texts dealing with Mesopotamian ideas regarding creation, including especially Enuma Elish. This volume, which appears almost exactly 2 years after Lambert’s death, distills a lifetime of learning by the world’s foremost expert on these texts. Lambert provides a full transliteration and translation of the 7 tablets of Enuma Elish, based on the known exemplars, as well as coverage of a number of other texts that bear on, or are thought to bear on, Mesopotamian notions of the origin of the world, mankind, and the gods. New editions of seventeen additional “creation tales” are provided, including “Enmesharra’s Defeat,” “Enki and Ninmah,” “The Slaying of Labbu,” and “The Theogony of Dunnu.” Lambert pays special attention, of course, to the connection of the main epic, Enuma Elish, with the rise and place of Marduk in the Babylonian pantheon. He traces the development of this deity’s origin and rise to prominence and elaborates the relationship of this text, and the others discussed, to the religious and political climate Babylonia. The volume includes 70 plates (primarily hand-copies of the various exemplars of Enuma Elish) and extensive indexes.
Author : Paul Goble
Publisher : World Wisdom, Inc
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781933316673
Weaving together the legends of the Plains Indian tribes, this beautifully illustrated story celebrates a new Earth after the flood and narrates the making of the buffaloes, mountains, Thunderbirds, and other creations. of additional illustrations and stories and a new Foreword.
Author : Marie-Louise von Franz
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780834840805
Creation myths are the deepest and most important of all myths because they are concerned with both the basic patterns of existence and the ultimate meaning of life. In this book, an eminent Jungian analyst examines the recurring motifs that appear in creation myths from around the world and shows what they teach us about the mysteries of creativity, the cycles of renewal in human life, and the birth of consciousness in the individual psyche. Among the topics discussed are: • Why the creative process is often accompanied by anxiety, depression, loneliness, and fear of the unknown. • The meaning of creation motifs such as the egg, the seed, the primordial being, the creative fire, the separation of heaven and earth, and the four stages of creation. • Creation symbolism in the alchemical opus of medieval tradition. • How creation-myth motifs appear in the dreams of people who are on the verge of a leap forward in consciousness.
