Creation Myths of Primitive America - In Relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind #251157

di Jeremiah Curtin

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That earlier world had two periods of duration, one of complete and perfect harmony; another of violence, collision, and conflict. The result and outcome of the second period was the creation of all that is animated on earth except man. Man, in the American scheme of creation, stands apart and separate; he is quite alone, peculiar, and special. Above all, he belongs to this continent. The white man was unknown to American myth-makers, as were also men of every other race and of every region outside of the Western Hemisphere. Described briefly and by an Indian, the American myth system is as follows: There was a world before this one in which we are living at present.
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ISBN:
9780243620791
Formato:
ebook
Editore:
Forgotten Books
Anno di pubblicazione:
2017
Dimensione:
15.5 MB
Lingua:
Inglese
Autori:
Jeremiah Curtin