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A collection of traditional stories that describe the creation of the world and the early history of the Wampanoag Indians in southeastern Massachusetts.

Describes how the creation of the world was begun by a woman who fell down to earth from the sky country, and how it was finished by her two sons Sapling and Flint.

A retelling of the West African tale about the creation of the world and all its different peoples.

Describes how Mahtmi created the first man from the dark rich earth of Mount Kilimanjaro and gave him a gift marking him as special.

In this Algonquin "Earth Diver" creation myth, woven from the ideas of several traditional tales, the water birds and animals left behind when the old world was flooded dive for mud so that the Creator can make dry land again.

Tells how Nun, "a sleeping ocean of deep water surrounded on all sides by Chaos," brings forth first Benu, a magnificent glowing bird, and then Atum, Shu, Tefnut, and the rest of creation.

A Kato creation story in which our familiar world emerges from an empty, dark, and watery place so lonely that even the Creator needed a companion before setting foot there.

A retelling of a traditional Navajo creation myth which explains how water came to earth.

"A Tongva creation story of Catalina Island and how the black-crowned night heron came to be"--