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Page 121
To cope with this unpleasant feeling, the god distracted himself with games of
creation. First he raised reefs and sandbanks, then he made plants and birds and
, finally, he stationed a god at each of the cardinal points. Thinking that he had ...
To cope with this unpleasant feeling, the god distracted himself with games of
creation. First he raised reefs and sandbanks, then he made plants and birds and
, finally, he stationed a god at each of the cardinal points. Thinking that he had ...
Page 164
In the beginning Ta'aroa, like the original Chinese giant PANKU, slept alone
inside a cosmic egg until he was ready to start the process of creation. Then he
cracked the shell and emerged. Although Ta'aroa was glad to have wakened, the
...
In the beginning Ta'aroa, like the original Chinese giant PANKU, slept alone
inside a cosmic egg until he was ready to start the process of creation. Then he
cracked the shell and emerged. Although Ta'aroa was glad to have wakened, the
...
Page 169
This is a paradoxical creation story in that the chaos monster, though slain and
dismembered, remains the body of the world, while the blood of her mate is
manifest in its inhabitants, mankind. West Asian mythology is full of malevolent ...
This is a paradoxical creation story in that the chaos monster, though slain and
dismembered, remains the body of the world, while the blood of her mate is
manifest in its inhabitants, mankind. West Asian mythology is full of malevolent ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & Legends |
| Author | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0025801813, 9780025801813 |
| Length | 260 pages |
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