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    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    New Haven, CT : Yale University Press
    UID:
    gbv_1759465607
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (224 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    ISBN: 9780300258233
    Content: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Part One. Mountains -- Part Two. Waterways -- Part Three. Caves -- Part Four. Islands -- Part Five. Extremes -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
    Content: An accessible exploration of how diverse cultures have explained humanity’s origins through narratives about the natural environment Drawing from a vast array of creation myths—Babylonian, Greek, Aztec, Maya, Inca, Chinese, Hindu, Navajo, Polynesian, African, Norse, Inuit, and more—this short, illustrated book uncovers both the similarities and differences in our attempts to explain the universe. Anthony Aveni, an award-winning author and professor of astronomy and anthropology, examines the ways various cultures around the world have attempted to explain our origins, and what roles the natural environment plays in shaping these narratives. The book also celebrates the audacity of the human imagination. Whether the first humans emerged from a cave, as in the Inca myths, or from bamboo stems, as the Bantu people of Africa believed, or whether the universe is simply the result of Vishnu’s cyclical inhales and exhales, each of these fascinating stories reflects a deeper understanding of the culture it arose from as well as its place in the larger human narrative
    Note: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. , In English
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780300251241
    Language: English
    Keywords: Schöpfungsglaube ; Mythologie
    URL: Cover
    URL: Cover
    Author information: Aveni, Anthony F. 1938-
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