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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     School Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Hamilton, Virginia, 1934-2002.     Subjects     Creation -- Mythology.     Creation.     Mythology.     Folklore.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hamilton, Virginia, 1934-2002.       by title:      In the beginning : c...       by call number:      201.3 H221i     Search the Web     Hamilton, Virginia, 1934-2002.     Creation -- Mythology.     Creation.     Mythology.     Folklore.       MARC Display

In the beginning : creation stories from around the world / told by Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Barry Moser. by Hamilton, Virginia, 1934-2002. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1988. Call #: 201.3 H221i Subjects Creation -- Mythology.   Creation.   Mythology.   Folklore. URL856 Contributor biographical information URL856 Publisher description ISBN:  9780152387402 (hbk.) 0152387404 (hbk.) 9780152387426 (pbk.) 0152387420 (pbk.) Alternate title:  Creation stories from around the world Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xi, 161 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-161). Contents:  The Pea-pod man: Raven the creator -- Finding night: Quat the creator -- An endless sea of mud: Death the creator -- Bursting from the hen's egg: Phan Ku the creator -- Traveling to form the world: Old Man the creator -- First man becomes the devil: Ulgen the creator -- Turtle dives to the bottom of the sea: Earth Starter the creator -- Moon and Sun: Mawu-Lisa the creators -- Bandicoots come from his body: Karora the creator -- Spider Ananse finds something: Wulbari the creator -- The woman who fell from the sky: Divine Woman the creator -- Man copies god: Nyambi the creator -- The frost giant: Imir the creator -- Owner of the sky: Olorun the creator -- Marduk, god of gods: Apsu and Tiamat the creators -- Four creations to make man: Maker and Feathered Serpent the creators -- Angry gods: Ta-aroa the creator -- Sun, life, wind, and death : God Lowa the creator -- The sun-god and the dragon: God Ra the creator -- Separation of earth and sky: Sedi and Melo the creators -- First man, first woman: Yahweh the creator -- The coming of all things: the Greek creators -- The od brings fire to man: Prometheus the creator -- Pandora: Zeus the creator -- In the beginning: Elohim the creator. Summary:  An illustrated collection of twenty-five myths from various parts of the world explaining the creation of the world. Awards:  Newbery Honor Book, 1989. Other authors:  Moser, Barry. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Young Adult Black Nonfiction 201.3 H221i Ya Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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