A Dictionary of Creation Myths

by Margaret Adams Leeming and David A. Leeming

Book Overview

"God made Heaven, and then, after measuring the space underneath with a ball of thread, he began to form the earth. A mole asked to help, and God gave him the thread to hold while he wove the patterns of the earth. Sometimes the mole would let out too much thread, and finally the earth grew too large for the space under heaven. The mole was so upset that he hid under the earth. God sent the bee to look for him; he wanted the mole's advice on what...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195102754
• ISBN13: 9780195102758
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"