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Ancient Egyptian creation myths. Fon creation myth. Kaang creation story (Bushmen) Kintu myth (Bugandan) Mandé creation myth. Mbombo (Kuba, Bakuba or Bushongo/Boshongo) Ngai (Kamba, Kikuyu and Maasai ) Serer creation myth (cosmogony of the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania) Unkulunkulu (Zulu)
- Hopi Mythology
Major deities Tawa, the sun spirit and creator in Hopi...
- Enûma Eliš
Enūma Eliš (Akkadian Cuneiform: 𒂊𒉡𒈠𒂊𒇺, also spelled "Enuma...
- Genesis Creation Myth
The Genesis creation narrative is the creation myth of both...
- Earth-diver
The Creation (c. 1896–1902), painting by James Tissot [1] A...
- Book of Invasions
The writers of Lebor Gabála Érenn sought to create an epic...
- Ainu Creation Myth
The Ainu creation myths are the traditional creation...
- Kumulipo
Creation chant. In the Kumulipo the world was created over a...
- Hopi Mythology
An origin myth is a type of myth that explains the beginnings of a natural or social aspect of the world. One specific kind of origin myth is the creation or cosmogonic myth, which narrates the formation of the universe. However, numerous cultures have stories that take place after the initial origin. These stories aim to explain the origins of ...
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According to Gilman and Katz, antisemitism increased dramatically in the 1930s with demands being made to exclude American Jews from American social, political and economic life. During the 1930s and 1940s, right-wing demagogues linked the Great Depression in the United States to the New Deal, and the Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. They ...
Nov 7, 2020 · The water wagtail was very important in Ainu creation myth. The Ainu creation myth emerged from Ainu peoples of Japan. In this myth, time can be broken down into three parts – “mosir noskekehe” (“the world’s center”); “Mosir sikah ohta” (“a time when the universe was born”); and “mosir kes” (“end of the world”).
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Nov 23, 2015 · Origin Stories from Around the World. Creation myths, or origin stories, tell us what a culture believes about how humans came to be. They can also tell us much about what that culture values. These are often religious or spiritual explanations for human life. Choose one of origin stories on this page to focus on.
