文档介绍：Creation Myths of the World
Creation Myths of the World
An Encyclopedia
Second Edition
Volume I: Parts I–II
Volume II: Parts III–V
David A. Leeming
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Leeming, David Adams, 1937–
Creation myths of the world : an encyclopedia / David A. Leeming. · 2nd ed.
p. cm.
Rev. ed. of: Encyclopedia of creation myths. c1994.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-59884-174-9 (hard copy : alk. paper) · ISBN 978-1-59884-175-6
(ebook) 1. parative studies·Encyclopedias. I. Leeming,
David Adams, 1937– Encyclopedia of creation myths. II. Title.
2009
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Contents
V OLUME 1
Preface, xv
Introduction, xvii
The Meaning of Myth, xvii
Creation Myths, xix
Part I: The Creation Myth Types , 1
Ex Nihilo Creation , 2
Creation from Chaos , 9
World Parent Creation , 16
Emergence Creation , 21
Earth-Diver Creation , 24
Part II: The Creation Myths , 31
Achomawi, 31
Acoma (AaÊku), 32
Ainu, 35
Algonquin, 36
Altaic, 37
Anatolian, 39
Anishinabe (Ojibwe, Chippewa), 40
Apache, 41
Arandan (Aruntan), 46
Arapaho, 48
Arikara, 49
Ashanti, 50
Assiniboine, 50
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Assyrian, 52
Aymaran, 53
Aztec (Mexica), 54
Babylonian, 56
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