China's creation and origin myths: cross-cultural explorations in oral and written traditions
Klappentext: 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 appr...
| Published in: | Religion in Chinese societies |
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| Contributors: | ; ; |
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Leiden [u.a.]
Brill
2011
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| In: |
Religion in Chinese societies (2)
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | Religion in Chinese societies
2 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Creation myth
/ Legend of the beginnings
/ Oral history
/ Historiography
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Mythology, Chinese B Creation Mythology China B Creation Mythology (China) |
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