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Print Price: $55.00

Format:
Paperback
287 pp.

ISBN-13:
9780891306047

Publication date:
December 1983

Imprint: OUP US


Alpha: The Myths of Creation

Charles H. Long

Series : AAR Classics in Religious Studies Series, 4

After discussing the nature of religion, mythic and scientific modes of thinking and the general character of creation myths, Charles Long interprets five major types of such myths: creation from nothing, emergence myths, world-parent myths, creation from Chaos and from the cosmic egg, and earth-diver myths. Original texts of creation myths from a wide range of cultures offer insights into the authentic ways of mythic thinking and expression.

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