Narrating the Beginnings
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| Summary: | IX, 200 p. 7 illus. text |
| Language: | English |
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Wiesbaden :
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS,
2021.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2021. |
| Series: | Universal- und kulturhistorische Studien. Studies in Universal and Cultural History,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32184-0 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- Introductory Remarks
- Cosmogony in Progress. The Creation Myths from Rgvedic to Brāhmanic Texts
- Explaining the Emergence of Social Institutions in Ancient Mesopotamia: The Sumerian Myth Enki and the World Order
- The Facets of the Diamond. Notes on Ancient Egyptian Cosmogonies
- Of Gods and Men: Bridging the Gap between Cosmogony and the Heroic Age in Early Greek Legendary History
- Evil in Genesis and Other Ancient Near Eastern Creation Stories
- The Emergence of the World in Early Greek Theogonies from Hesiod to Acusilaus
- The Myth of the Supreme Creator in Arabian Lands
- Völuspá, the Uncertainty of Norse Creation Myths and some Babylonian Parallels
- The Creation of the World according to Lakota Sioux Belief, Friedrich Pöhl
- Concluding Remarks.