creation

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creation

I stood upon a mountain

1979
Standing on top of a mountain, a young child wonders about the creation of the world.

When woman became the sea

a Costa Rican creation myth
1998
Sibu creates a woman to be the wife of Thunder but when she asserts her independence from both of them, a spectacular tree and all the beautiful waters of the world spring forth from her.

The people with five fingers

a native Californian creation tale
2000
A tale shared by the different native peoples of California tells how Coyote and other animals created the world and the people who came to live in it.

The circle of days

1998
Rhyming text gives praise and thanks for all of creation including wind and sun, plants and animals, desert, rocks, and sea.

Big Momma makes the world

2003
Big Mamma, with a baby on her hip and laundry piling up, makes the world and everything in it and, at the end of the sixth day, tells the people she has made that they must take care of her creation.

Mama God, Papa God

a Caribbean tale
1999
Papa God creates light so that he can see Mama God, and then he makes the world because he wants to give her something beautiful.

The creation

1990
Phrases and images from the first chapter of Genesis depict the miracle of creation.

Native American mythology

2008
An introduction to Native American mythology that provides information on its origins and the role it plays in Native American culture and society. Includes illustrations and examples of myths.

Song of creation

2004
An illustrated adaptation from "The Book of Common Prayer" depicting praises to God from the natural world.

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