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 24 Oct 2012 @ 02:45
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Myths of the third type are, on the other hand, characteristic of the south-easterly portion of the continent. Although in many cases 12 there are no detailed stories of the creation of mankind, the statement being merely that the first men were created, more definite myths do occur. Thus, the tribes in the vicinity of Melbourne say that in the beginning Pundjel made two males from clay. More >
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21 Oct 2012 @ 06:07
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The second class of tales relates more directly to the origin of human beings. Myths of this type are apparently confined to the series of tribes just mentioned as having legends of the first category, but in this instance the area seems to extend as far as Tasmania. As an illustration we may take the version given by the Arunta. More >
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12 Oct 2012 @ 05:23
Among the indigenous groups in the Pacific Islands come the Micronesian tales, such as this one from the Carolines. The lore speaks of the highest deity Luke-lang and exploits of one of his sons Olifat.
Such a myth has equivalents in the West notably the narrative of Odin and his son Thor. What is curiously revealed in the Carolines myth is the theme of ‘destruction of man’ that is inextricably intertwined with the history of the planet and with anthropogenesis. More >
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8 Oct 2012 @ 07:20
The feminine gender is used here as signifier of the ‘miraculous’ powers of the nature world. In Theos Sophia, ‘miracle’ is nothing to ponder about, it is as natural or follows cosmic laws, and mastery of the laws will enable any evolved soul to tap into the infinite endowments of Kosmos. More >
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3 Oct 2012 @ 05:41
The tale contained herein is among the standard lores that depict women of supernatural origin who supposedly provided beneficence to persons in need. Broadly, such tales signify humanity’s affinity with the devic world—of devas (architect of forms) & elementals (materializers of forms)—during antiquity. More >
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27 Sep 2012 @ 05:45
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A still more characteristic version is told in Celebes. Seven brothers were hunting and drying the meat of the pigs which they had killed, but, as in one of the trickster tales, a man appeared who stole the food and made away with it, the brother who had been left on guard being unable to stop him. More >
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25 Sep 2012 @ 05:38
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A tale wide-spread in the Archipelago, and interesting because of its further extension elsewhere, introduces the theme of the descent to the underworld, though not as in the Polynesian examples of the Orpheus type. As told by the Galela, it runs as follows. More >
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12 Sep 2012 @ 07:47
The previous articles demonstrated samples of cosmogonic myths from across the ASEAN region and our sibling Polynesians. Below is a cross-cultural summary of myths coming from the region. More >
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10 Sep 2012 @ 05:43
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Another tale of the origin of mankind from eggs is found among the Battak of Sumatra. In Celebes we have already seen how the first divine being was born miraculously from the rock or from the sweat which formed upon it; and an actual origin of mankind from a rock, which split open of itself, appears in Formosa." More >
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29 Aug 2012 @ 05:49
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Quite widely distributed, on the other hand, is the belief that mankind originated from eggs. In the Philippines a bird laid two eggs, one at the source of a river and one at its mouth, a woman coming from the first and a man from the second. For long years the man lived alone, until one day when he was bathing, a long hair, floating in the water, entangled his legs so that he reached the bank with difficulty. Examining the hair, he at once determined to find its owner, and so travelled upstream until he met the woman, whom he then married. More >
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