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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 ...
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 ...
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Myths Retold THE CREATION OF HUMANKIND BY THE GODDESS WOMAN GUA THE PAN GU CREATION myth relates one of three versions of the myth of the creation of humankind . A second relates that out of primeval vapour two gods formed and divided ...
Myths Retold THE CREATION OF HUMANKIND BY THE GODDESS WOMAN GUA THE PAN GU CREATION myth relates one of three versions of the myth of the creation of humankind . A second relates that out of primeval vapour two gods formed and divided ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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