CREATION MYTHS: USEFUL LINKS
The Big Myth: Designed for use in European primary schools, this flash animation site was sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Education and includes introductions to 9 different world creation myths. An associated CD-Rom adds lesson plans and information about an additional 16 stories.
Myth -- Patterns Of Thought In Creation Myths: A thoughtful short essay by doctoral student Stefan Stenudd.
Creation Myths: An extensive series of links from various traditions.
History Of Creation Stories: A mini-essay from Historyworld.
Creation Myths And Sacred Narratives Of Creation:
The first part of the Creation Myth section of Dr. Kathleen Jenks's remarkable
web-site.
Creation Myths And Sacred Narratives Of Creation, Part Two:
The continuation of Jenks's Mything Links feature.
Creation Myths And Sacred Narratives Of Creation From North And South America:
The final section in emeritus professor Kathleen Jenks's examination of
Creation Myths.
Creation Myths:
A comparison of Navajo, Lakota, Roman and Nigerian Creation Myths from the
Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Creation Myths From Around The World:
An eclectic selection assembled by Steven Hale of the Humanities Division at
DeKalb College.
Creation Myths: A series of links from the web-site of Rutgers sociologist Ted Goertzel.
Universal Myths And Mysterious Places: Comparative mythology including a number of creation stories.
Myth -- Creation:
A selection of resources and articles from About.Com Ancient History.
Creation Myths: A sampling of stories.
Magic
Tails: A
series of links from an on-line bookstore.
Theories Of Creation: A feature from the Crystalinks web-site.
Aztec Creation Story:
A telling of one version by a 6th-grade student.
Shinto
Creation Stories:
A selection of primary excerpts from Japanese literature organized by Richard
Hooker for an on-line Washington State University World Civilization course.
Japanese Creation Myth (712 CE): A short excerpt from the medieval Tales From The Kojiki.