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The Samoan Story of Creation

http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/jpolys/ssc.htm

From the Journal of the Polynesian Society, 1892; includes a transaltion, introduction and commentary.

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The Altaic Creation Story

http://web.mst.edu/~gdoty/poems/altaic/creation.html

Verse versions of a prose translation of Altaic (Turkish) epic and legend, by Gene Doty.

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Stories of the Dreaming

http://www.dreamtime.net.au/dreaming/

An introduction to, and collection of, Indigenous Australian stories of the Dreamtime, the 'time before time', or 'the time of the creation of all things'. Includes audio tales.

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Myths of Creation and of Origin

http://www.mircea-eliade.com/from-primitives-to-zen/create.html

A hypertext version of the chapter in Mircea Eliade's "From Primitives to Zen" - a collection of translations of original texts.

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Genesis

http://library.thinkquest.org/18757/

A presentation of creation myths, Charles Darwin, and evolution.

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Creation Stories

http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/CS/CSIndex.html

A collection of Creation stories from around the world, with a final chapter exploring common themes.

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Creation Myths

http://www.samoa.co.uk/creation.html

Two versions of the traditional Samoan creation myth, collected by one Rev Thomas Powell.

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Common Elements in Creation Myths

http://www.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/

An exploration of common themes, with examples of myths from around the world.

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