A Dictionary of Creation Myths
- ISBN-10
- 0195102754
- ISBN-13
- 9780195102758
- Category
- Creation
- Pages
- 330
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Authors
- David Adams, David Adams Leeming, University of Connecticut)
Description
Baltimore , MD : Penguin , 1955 . MD : Penguin , 1965 . Hamilton , Virginia . ... Olcott , William T. Myths of the Sun. ... American Archaeology and Ethnology 4 , 4 ( 1906–1907 ) : Oleyar , Rita . Myths of Creation and Fall .
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