In the beginning : creation stories from around the world /
Hamilton, Virginia, 1934-2002.,
In the beginning : creation stories from around the world / told by Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Barry Moser. - first edition. - San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (c)1988. - xi, 161 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Pea-pod man: Raven the creator -- Finding night: Quat the creator -- Endless sea of mud: Death the creator -- Bursting from the hen's egg: Phan Ku the creator -- Traveling to form the world: Old Man the creator -- First man becomes the devil: Ulgen the creator -- Turtle dives to the bottom of the sea: Earth Starter the creator -- Moon and Sun: Mawu-Lisa the creators -- Bandicoots come from his body: Karora the creator -- Spider Ananse finds something: Wulbari the creator -- Woman who fell from the sky: divine woman the creator -- Man copies god: Nyambi the creator -- Frost giant: Imir the creator -- Owner of the sky: Olorun the creator -- Marduk, god of gods: Apsu and Tiamat the creators -- Four creations to make man: Maker and Feathered Serpent the creators -- Angry gods: Ta-aroa the creator -- Sun, life, wind, and death : God Lowa the creator -- Sun-god and the dragon: God Ra the creator -- Separation of earth and sky: Sedi and Melo the creators -- First man, first woman: Yahweh the creator -- Coming of all things: the Greek creators -- God brings fire to man: Prometheus the creator -- Pandora: Zeus the creator -- In the beginning: Elohim the creator.
An illustrated collection of twenty-five myths from various parts of the world explaining the creation of the world.
Newbery Honor Book, 1989.
9780152387402 9780152387419 9780152387426 9781435203709
88006211
Creation--Mythology--Juvenile literature.
Creation--Juvenile literature.
Mythology--Juvenile literature.
Folklore--Juvenile literature.
Folklore.
Folk tales.
BL226 / .I584 1988 BL226
In the beginning : creation stories from around the world / told by Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Barry Moser. - first edition. - San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (c)1988. - xi, 161 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Pea-pod man: Raven the creator -- Finding night: Quat the creator -- Endless sea of mud: Death the creator -- Bursting from the hen's egg: Phan Ku the creator -- Traveling to form the world: Old Man the creator -- First man becomes the devil: Ulgen the creator -- Turtle dives to the bottom of the sea: Earth Starter the creator -- Moon and Sun: Mawu-Lisa the creators -- Bandicoots come from his body: Karora the creator -- Spider Ananse finds something: Wulbari the creator -- Woman who fell from the sky: divine woman the creator -- Man copies god: Nyambi the creator -- Frost giant: Imir the creator -- Owner of the sky: Olorun the creator -- Marduk, god of gods: Apsu and Tiamat the creators -- Four creations to make man: Maker and Feathered Serpent the creators -- Angry gods: Ta-aroa the creator -- Sun, life, wind, and death : God Lowa the creator -- Sun-god and the dragon: God Ra the creator -- Separation of earth and sky: Sedi and Melo the creators -- First man, first woman: Yahweh the creator -- Coming of all things: the Greek creators -- God brings fire to man: Prometheus the creator -- Pandora: Zeus the creator -- In the beginning: Elohim the creator.
An illustrated collection of twenty-five myths from various parts of the world explaining the creation of the world.
Newbery Honor Book, 1989.
9780152387402 9780152387419 9780152387426 9781435203709
88006211
Creation--Mythology--Juvenile literature.
Creation--Juvenile literature.
Mythology--Juvenile literature.
Folklore--Juvenile literature.
Folklore.
Folk tales.
BL226 / .I584 1988 BL226