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1) Origins and Creation Mythology of the Far East: As Told by the Mountain Peoples of the Philippines
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Beliefs about the origin of the Earth and the men, animals, plants, and various topographical features seem to survive with greater persistence than any other trait of primitive culture. These beliefs lie at the base of nearly all religions, and the myths in which the beliefs are preserved are the foundation of literature. Therefore, the preservation and study of origin myths are of much importance in the reconstruction of the history of humanity,...
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Civilization of the American Indian volume 245
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lix, 1134 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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English
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
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English
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The story itself is about how the Lakota people came to have horses... not in recent times, but long ago. A very long time ago. A young Lakota man sees them and spends time away from his village, taming and training them. He brings them to the village, where nobody has seen them before. They learn to use them to make life easier, but they also use them in aggressive actions on other tribes. That is an abuse of them as a gift of the Creator, so they...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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One hot morning, all the forest animals discover that their creek had dried up because Great Snapping Turtle is sitting on top of the mother spring and refuses to move. Desperate, the thirsty animals try to come up with a solution to restore water to the earth.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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"How the World Was Made is a traditional Cherokee creation story. It takes place during a time when animals did many of the things that people can do. When the earth was young, the animals lived on a rock above it, and the earth was covered with water. The animals needed more room, but where could they find it? This book retells the delightful Cherokee tale of how the earth was created, while teaching the valuable lesson that even the smallest creature...
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