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Yup ' ik and Inupiaq Eskimo myths relate how all animate beings have a dual
existence , so that an animal can become a human at will , or vice versa . The
myth of Raven Man tells how , set adrift on an ice floe , Raven comes across a
village ...
Yup ' ik and Inupiaq Eskimo myths relate how all animate beings have a dual
existence , so that an animal can become a human at will , or vice versa . The
myth of Raven Man tells how , set adrift on an ice floe , Raven comes across a
village ...
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A second relates that out of primeval vapour two gods formed and divided into
the cosmic powers Yin and Yang . They produced all living things and humans
were created from primeval vapour . A third myth is female - gendered . It
contains ...
A second relates that out of primeval vapour two gods formed and divided into
the cosmic powers Yin and Yang . They produced all living things and humans
were created from primeval vapour . A third myth is female - gendered . It
contains ...
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The myth of the worker god Gong Gong relates how he stirred the world ' s waters
so they crashed against the sky barrier , threatening a return to chaos . The myth
of the dual catastrophe of flood and fire is recounted through the figure of the ...
The myth of the worker god Gong Gong relates how he stirred the world ' s waters
so they crashed against the sky barrier , threatening a return to chaos . The myth
of the dual catastrophe of flood and fire is recounted through the figure of the ...
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