In the Beginning

Creation Stories from Around the World

By: Virginia Hamilton, Barry Moser (Illustrator)

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Paperback | 15 September 1991

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A thought-provoking collection of twenty-five stories that reflect the wonder and glory of the origins of the world and humankind. With commentary by the author. “A must for mythology shelves.”--Booklist

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A Note from the Author	p. ix
Stories and Pictures
In the Beginning	p. ii
The Pea-Pod Man: Raven the Creator	p. 3
Raven and Man	p. 2
Woman	p. 6
Finding Night: Quat the Creator	p. 9
Quatgoro	p. 8
An Endless Sea of Mud: Death the Creator	p. 15
Sa	p. 14
Bursting from the Hen's Egg: Phan Ku the Creator	p. 21
The Cosmic Egg	p. 20
Phan Ku	p. 22
Traveling to form the World: Old Man the Creator	p. 25
Old Man	p. 24
First Man Becomes the Devil: Ulgen the Creator	p. 29
Erlik's Face in the Mud	p. 28
Warm Dog	p. 32
Turtle Dives to the Bottom of the Sea: Earth Starter the Creator	p. 35
The Rope of Feathers	p. 34
The First Deer	p. 39
Moon and Sun: Mawu-Lisa the Creators	p. 43
Nana Buluku	p. 42
Thunder and Lightning	p. 44
Bandicoots Come from His Body: Karora the Creator	p. 47
The Great Tangle of Night	p. 46
Spider Ananse Finds Something: Wulbari the Creator	p. 53
His Blue Heavenly Self	p. 52
The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: Divine Woman the Creator	p. 59
Water and the Animals That Live in It	p. 58
Turtle and Earth	p. 61
Man Copies God: Nyambi the Creator	p. 65
Nyambi	p. 64
The Frost Giant: Imir the Creator	p. 69
Imir	p. 68
Owner of the Sky: Olorun the Creator	p. 73
Olorun and the Other Gods	p. 72
Chameleon	p. 75
Marduk, God of Gods: Apsu and Tiamat the Creators	p. 79
Apsu the Begetter	p. 78
Marduk	p. 82
Four Creations to Make Man: Maker and Feathered Serpent the Creators	p. 87
Feathered Serpent	p. 86
Animals of the First Creation	p. 91
Man of the Third Creation	p. 93
What is Left of the Wood Dummies	p. 95
The Angry Gods: Ta-Aroa the Creator	p. 101
The Egg	p. 100
Sun, Life, Wind, and Death: God Lowa the Creator	p. 105
Only the Ocean	p. 104
Octopus	p. 107
The Sun-God and the Dragon: God Ra the Creator	p. 111
God Ra	p. 110
Apophis	p. 113
Separation of Earth and Sky: Sedi and Melo the Creators	p. 117
Sedi and Melo	p. 116
First Man, First Woman: Yahweh the Creator	p. 123
First Man, First Woman	p. 122
The Coming of All Things: The Greek Creators	p. 127
Chaos	p. 126
Cyclops	p. 129
The God Brings Fire to Man: Prometheus the Creator	p. 133
Prometheus	p. 132
Pandora: Zeus the Creator	p. 139
Pandora	p. 138
The Gifts of Zeus	p. 143
Hope	p. 145
In the Beginning: Elohim the Creator	p. 149
Let There be Light	p. 148
More About These Myths	p. 155
Useful Sources	p. 159
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