In the beginning

Subtitle:
Creation stories from around the world

Edition:
1st

Authors:
Hamilton, Virginia 1934-2002
Moser, Barry (Illustrator)

Place of Publication:
San Diego, California

Publisher:
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers


ISBN / SBN / ISSN:
0152387404

Media Type:
Print (Non-Serial)

Media Sub-type:
Book

LoC Call Number:
BL 226 .H35 1988

Accession Number:
072112

Keyword Subject Headings:
World myth
Creation stories
Folktales
Gods and heros

User Notes:
Hardbound; xi + 161 pp., including bibliography and 42 illustrations by Barry Moser Table of Contents: The Pea-pod man: Raven the creator Finding night: Quat the creator An endless sea of mud: Death the creator Bursting from the hen's egg: Phan Ku the creator Traveling to form the world: Old Man the creator First man becomes the devil: Ulgen the creator Turtle dives to the bottom of the sea: Earth Starter the creator Moon and Sun: Mawu-Lisa the creators Bandicoots come from his body: Karora the creator Spider Ananse finds something: Wulbari the creator The woman who fell from the sky: Divine Woman the creator Man copies god: Nyambi the creator The frost giant: Imir the creator Owner of the sky: Olorun the creator Marduk, god of gods: Apsu and Tiamat the creators Four creations to make man: Maker and Feathered Serpent the creators Angry gods: Ta-aroa the creator Sun, life, wind, and death : God Lowa the creator The sun-god and the dragon: God Ra the creator Separation of earth and sky: Sedi and Melo the creators First man, first woman: Yahweh the creator The coming of all things: the Greek creators The god brings fire to man: Prometheus the creator Pandora: Zeus the creator In the beginning: Elohim the creator More about these myths