Creation (Subscribe)
Links
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.
The Norse Creation Myth
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/creation.html
Abstracted from The Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson.
The Creation of the Earth and the Great Flood
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/creation-ovid.html
Excerpts from The Metamorphoses of Ovid
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.
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.
Phoenician Creation Story
http://www.phoenicia.org/creation.html
Abstract of the Phoenician creation myth.
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.
Genesis
http://library.thinkquest.org/18757/
A presentation of creation myths, Charles Darwin, and evolution.
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.
Creation Myths from the Philippines
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/creation-phil.html
A collection of old Filipino accounts of the creation.
Creation Myths and Sacred Narratives of Creation
http://www.mythinglinks.org/ct~creation.html
A collection of annotated links on world wide creation myths.
Creation Myths
http://folkloreandmyth.netfirms.com/creationmyths.html
A collection of creation stories from across the world.
Creation Myths
http://www.samoa.co.uk/creation.html
Two versions of the traditional Samoan creation myth, collected by one Rev Thomas Powell.
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.