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- From: mikec@sail.LABS.TEK.COM (Micheal Cranford)
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- Subject: Re: I want a reference on "origins" myths.
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- Date: 1 Jan 93 04:24:42 GMT
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- Edgar pearlstein asks:
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- > Can someone direct me to a book which will discuss the many
- > "origins" and cosmology myths: things like the world being
- > carried on the back of a great turtle, and Atlas carrying the
- > world?
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- Anyone interested in reading about creation mythologies should consult [1],
- which covers over 100 different creation myths including several in the Bible
- (not just the two some claim), the Koran, Greek, Roman, Indian (both American
- and Eastern), African, Japanese, Eskimo, etc.
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- REFERENCES
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- [1] Primal Myths: Creating the World by Barbara C. Sproul. Harper and Row
- (USA), also Fitzhenry and Whiteside (Canada), 1979. ISBN 0-06-067501-2
- Sproul is director of the Program in Religion at Hunter College of the City
- University of New York.
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