Research Catalog

Title

Creation stories : landscapes and the human imagination / Anthony Aveni.

Author

Aveni, Anthony F.

Publication

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]

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Details

Description

xii, 220 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm

Summary

Drawing from a vast array of creation myths-Babylonian, Greek, Aztec, Maya, Inca, Chinese, Hindu, Navajo, Polynesian, African, Norse, Inuit, and more-this short, illustrated book uncovers both the similarities and differences in our attempts to explain the universe. Anthony Aveni, an award-winning author and professor of astronomy and anthropology, examines the ways various cultures around the world have attempted to explain our origins, and what roles the natural environment plays in shaping these narratives. The book also celebrates the audacity of the human imagination. Whether the first humans emerged from a cave, as in the Inca myths, or from bamboo stems, as the Bantu people of Africa believed, or whether the universe is simply the result of Vishnu's cyclical inhales and exhales, each of these fascinating stories reflects a deeper understanding of the culture it arose from as well as its place in the larger human narrative.

Subject

• Creation > Mythology
• Mythology > Sociological aspects
• Ethnoscience

Genre/Form

• Myths.
• Informational works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFD 21-2804

ISBN

• 0300251246
• 9780300251241

LCCN

2020943122

OCLC

1184240158

Author

Aveni, Anthony F., author.

Title

Creation stories : landscapes and the human imagination / Anthony Aveni.

Publisher

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFD 21-2804