Title China's creation and origin myths : cross-cultural explorations in oral and written traditions / edited by Mineke Schipper, Ye Shuxian, and Yin Hubin.

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Description	1 online resource (xxv, 354 pages) : illustrations (some color), map.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Religion in Chinese societies ; v. 2
	Religion in Chinese societies ; v. 2.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-333) and index.
Contents	Preface; List of Figures and Tables; List of Color Plates; List of Contributors; Ethnolinguistic Map of China; Dynasties and Periods of China; Part I Comparative Perspectives; Humanity's Beginnings in Creation and Origin Myths from Around the World; The World of Chinese Mythology: An Introduction; From Frog to Nüwa and Back Again: The Religious Roots of Creation Myths; Water-of-Immortality Myths in Altaic and Japanese Cultures; Myths of Giant Corpse Transformation; Part II Rediscovering the Beginning in Texts; Sacred Order: Cosmogonic Myth in the Chu Silk Manuscript.
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Subject	Creation -- Mythology -- China.
	Creation -- Mythology.
	China.
	Mythology, Chinese.
	Mythology, Chinese.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Schipper, Mineke.
	Ye, Shuxian, 1954-
	Yin, Hubin.
Other Form:	Print version: China's creation and origin myths. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011 9789004194854 (DLC) 2011005125 (OCoLC)703870892
ISBN	9789004194854 (electronic book)
	9004194851 (electronic book)
	9789004214804 (electronic book)
	9004214801 (electronic book)