In the Beginning

The origin of the universe and all that is in it has always been cause for wonder. For thousands of years, people have made up stories to explain the beginning of humankind, the earth, and the cosmos.

A Note from the Author

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Stories and Pictures

In the Beginning

ii

The Pea-Pod Man

3

(6)

Raven the Creator

Raven and Man

2

(4)

Woman

6

(3)

Finding Night

9

(6)

Quat the Creator

Quatgoro

8

(7)

An Endless Sea of Mud

15

(6)

Death the Creator

Sa

14

(7)

Bursting From the Hen's Egg

21

(4)

Phan Ku the Creator

The Cosmic Egg

20

(2)

Phan Ku

22

(3)

Traveling to form the World

25

(4)

Old Man the Creator

Old Man

24

(5)

First Man Becomes the Devil

29

(6)

Ulgen the Creator

Erlik's Face in the Mud

28

(4)

Warm Dog

32

(3)

Turtle Dives to the Bottom of the Sea

35

(8)

Earth Starter the Creator

The Rope of Feathers

34

(5)

The First Deer

39

(4)

Moon and Sun

43

(4)

Mawu-Lisa the Creators

Nana Buluku

42

(2)

Thunder and Lightning

44

(3)

Bandicoots Come From His Body

47

(6)

Karora the Creator

The Great Tangle of Night

46

(7)

Spider Ananse Finds Something

53

(6)

Wulbari the Creator

His Blue Heavenly Self

52

(7)

The Woman Who Fell from the Sky

59

(6)

Divine Woman the Creator

Water and the Animals That Live in It

58

(3)

Turtle and Earth

61

(4)

Man Copies God

65

(4)

Nyambi the Creator

Nyambi

64

(5)

The Frost Giant

69

(4)

Imir the Creator

Imir

68

(5)

Owner of the Sky

73

(6)

Olorun the Creator

Olorun and the Other Gods

72

(3)

Chameleon

75

(4)

Marduk, God of Gods

79

(8)

Apsu and Tiamat the Creators

Apsu the Begetter

78

(4)

Marduk

82

(5)

Four Creations to Make Man

87

(14)

Maker and Feathered Serpent the Creators

Feathered Serpent

86

(5)

Animals of the First Creation

91

(2)

Man of the Third Creation

93

(2)

What is Life of the Wood Dummies

95

(6)

The Angry Gods

101

(4)

Ta-Aroa the Creator

The Egg

100

(5)

Sun, Life, Wind, and Death

105

(6)

God Lowa the Creator

Only the Ocean

104

(3)

Octopus

107

(4)

The Sun-God and the Dragon

111

(6)

God Ra the Creator

God Ra

110

(3)

Apophis

113

(4)

Separation of Earth and Sky

117

(6)

Sedi and Melo the Creators

Sedi and Melo

116

(7)

First Man, First Woman

123

(4)

Yahweh the Creator

First Man, First Woman

122

(5)

The Coming of All Things

127

(6)

The Greek Creators

Chaos

126

(3)

Cyclops

129

(4)

The God Brings Fire to Man

133

(6)

Prometheus the Creator

Prometheus

132

(7)

Pandora

139

(10)

Zeus the Creator

Pandora

138

(5)

The Gifts of Zeus

143

(2)

Hope

145

(4)

In the Beginning

149

(6)

Elohim the Creator

Let There be Light

148

(7)

More About These Myths

155

(4)

Useful Sources

159

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