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Arthur Cotterell. Myths Retold CREATION MYTH: UNAMBAL (NORTH-WEST
AUSTRALIA) IN THE BEGINNING only sky and earth existed. Ungud, the Creator
Being, lived under the earth in the form of a great python. Ungud is associated
with ...
Arthur Cotterell. Myths Retold CREATION MYTH: UNAMBAL (NORTH-WEST
AUSTRALIA) IN THE BEGINNING only sky and earth existed. Ungud, the Creator
Being, lived under the earth in the form of a great python. Ungud is associated
with ...
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During the second period, the age of creation, the creator god formed the earth,
along with humans and animals. It was a period of differentiation, as God
originated life by using himself as model, attempting to re-create the golden age
on earth ...
During the second period, the age of creation, the creator god formed the earth,
along with humans and animals. It was a period of differentiation, as God
originated life by using himself as model, attempting to re-create the golden age
on earth ...
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In some myths, these forces were extensions of the creator god - his son and 7s
— Myths Retold THE COSMIC EGG MEBEGE (Fang, Pahouin/Congo. A Female
statue with infant, representing maternity daughter, for example - embodying his ...
In some myths, these forces were extensions of the creator god - his son and 7s
— Myths Retold THE COSMIC EGG MEBEGE (Fang, Pahouin/Congo. A Female
statue with infant, representing maternity daughter, for example - embodying his ...
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