Creation Myths

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• The Altaic Creation Story  - Adaptation by Gene Doty taken from Gulten Yener's prose translation of the epic. Features the goddess Umay.
• Creation Myths and Sacred Narratives of Creation  - Collection of world mythologies by Kathleen Jenks, Ph.D. Presents a study on the similar themes found in creation myths of both the east and the west.
• Creation Myths from the Philippines  - Presents various tribal creation myths of the country. Includes versions from the Igorots, Bagobo, Bilaan, Bukidnon, Mandaya, and Tagalog.
• Creation of the Earth and the Great Flood  - Abstract taken from the Metamorphoses of Ovid. Written by University of Pittsburgh professor DL Ashliman.
• Creation Stories from Around the World  - Index of various myths, legends, and folklores that tells the beginnings of the earth and its life form. With details about the stories' cultural origins.
• Genesis  - Discussions on theories of evolution according to scientists, with emphasis on Charles Darwin's opposition on the creation story found in the bible.
• Indigenous Australia  - Contains listings of stories and also features an Australian version of the story of creation.
• Myths of the Creation and of Origin  - Contains various world creation myths. Includes origins of man, death, and of the flood story.
• Norse Creation Myth  - Discussions about the three worlds called Muspell lights and heat, the vast void Ginnungagap, and the cold realm Niflheim. Also introduces mythological characters and their descriptions.
• Phoenician Creation Story  - Provides an account on the creation based upon the civilization of ancient Canaan. Includes information on history, cultures, and early settlements.
• Samoan Sensation: Creation Myths  - Reproduction of two versions of the creation myth of the Samoans. Features the god Tagaloa as the almighty.
• Samoan Story of Creation  - Contains a journal about the Polynesian society that includes the society's transactions and proceedings.