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He smashed his way through the crystal vault of the sky , sped through the waters which turned bitter and salt , turned the earth into desert and mountains and sullied everything , killing the plants , the primal bull and living mortal ...
He smashed his way through the crystal vault of the sky , sped through the waters which turned bitter and salt , turned the earth into desert and mountains and sullied everything , killing the plants , the primal bull and living mortal ...
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His bodily fluids turned into rain and rivers , his flesh into soil . His head hair became stars , his body hair vegetation . Teeth , bones and marrow became minerals . His bodily bugs turned into humans .
His bodily fluids turned into rain and rivers , his flesh into soil . His head hair became stars , his body hair vegetation . Teeth , bones and marrow became minerals . His bodily bugs turned into humans .
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When one man neglected his guard duties at the mouth of the cave he was turned to stone by the sun . The others , who had gone fishing , were captured by the sun and turned into trees . One of these called Guahayona washed himself with ...
When one man neglected his guard duties at the mouth of the cave he was turned to stone by the sun . The others , who had gone fishing , were captured by the sun and turned into trees . One of these called Guahayona washed himself with ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | World Mythology A Dempsey Parr micropedia |
| Contributor | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dempsey Parr, 1999 |
| ISBN | 1840844515, 9781840844511 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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