| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
135 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The sky-tossed universe of the Maori people -- The sun-centered universe of the ancient Egyptians -- The beautiful gods of the ancient Greek universe -- The one god of the Hebrew universe -- The eternally recurring universe of the Hindus -- The battlefield universe of the Norsemen and Vikings -- The earth-centered universe of the early western scientists -- The Milky Way mirrored in the highways of the Incas -- The cosmos as a woman in the mythology of the Jains -- The universe as a brain the Desana Indian cosmos -- The twin worlds of the the Haitian universe -- The turtle-shell world of the Iroquois -- The calabash world of the Fon -- The Chumash sky coyote and his yearly battle with the sun -- Hatching the ancient Chinese universe -- The expanding universe of the contemporary science. |
| Summary |
A collection of folk stories from around the world, each accompanied by background information, that explain the various perspectives of different peoples on how the universe and their world came to be. |
| Subject |
Cosmology -- Folklore.
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Tales.
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Creation -- Folklore.
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Folklore.
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| Added Author |
Raschka, Christopher, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
0805048162 alkaline paper |
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9780805048162 alkaline paper |
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