China's creation and origin myths : cross-cultural explorations in oral and written traditions / / edited by Mineke Schipper, Ye Shuxian, and Yin Hubin.
How did the world begin? How were the first people created and which specific roles were they supposed to play in the cosmos? Like other mythologies worldwide, China’s creation and origin myths explain how man created order out of chaos and imposed culture on nature. Cross-cultural approaches to myt...
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Superior document: | Religion in Chinese societies, v. 2 |
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Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Religion in Chinese societies ;
v. 2. |
Physical Description: | xxv, 354 p. :; ill. (some col.), map. |
Notes: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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