| Author/Contributor(s): | Sproul, Barbara C. |
| Publisher: | HarperOne |
| Date: | 12/12/1979 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
Explore humanity's most profound questions of origin and meaning through the essential creation myths of world cultures.
A comprehensive collection of creation stories ranging across widely varying times and cultures, including Ancient Egyptian, African, and Native American. The volume gathers primary texts from the ancient Near East, Asia, and the Pacific.
Editor Barbara C. Sproul introduces each myth with its historical setting, cultural background, and religious symbolism. The selections preserve authentic translations.
- Comparative Religion: Gathers foundational accounts from major spiritual traditions, including the Vedic sacrifice of Purusha, Hebrew creation texts, and Gnostic dialogues on light and darkness.
- Cultural Anthropology: Explores how tribal and indigenous societies explain human beginnings, from the Dogon celestial granary in Mali to the Hopi emergence through four subterranean worlds.
- Ancient Civilizations: Chronicles classical cosmologies from Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, featuring the Babylonian Enuma Elish and Hesiod's cosmic battles.
- World History: Spans traditions across the Americas, Siberia, and the Pacific, highlighting the Quiché Mayan Popol Vuh and the Hawaiian Kumulipo chant.