Creation Stories, Anthony Aveni
Creation Stories, Anthony Aveni
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Creation Stories
Landscapes and the Human Imagination

Author: Anthony Aveni

Narrator: L.J. Ganser

Unabridged: 5 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/20/2021


Synopsis

An accessible exploration of how diverse cultures have explained humanity’s origins through narratives about the natural environment

Drawing from a vast array of creation myths—Babylonian, Greek, Aztec, Maya, Inca, Chinese, Hindu, Navajo, Polynesian, African, Norse, Inuit, and more—this concise book uncovers both the similarities and differences in our attempts to explain the universe.

Anthony Aveni, an award-winning author and professor of astronomy and anthropology, examines the ways various cultures around the world have attempted to explain our origins, and what roles the natural environment plays in shaping these narratives. The book also celebrates the audacity of the human imagination.

Whether the first humans emerged from a cave, as in the Inca myths, or from bamboo stems, as the Bantu people of Africa believed, or whether the universe is simply the result of Vishnu's cyclical inhales and exhales, each of these fascinating stories reflects a deeper understanding of the culture it arose from as well as its place in the larger human narrative.

About Anthony Aveni

Anthony Aveni, the Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and Anthropology and Native American Studies at Colgate University, helped develop the field of archaeoastronomy and is widely considered one of the founders of Mesoamerican archaeoastronomy. He is the author of Star Stories: Constellations and People and In the Shadow of the Moon: The Science, Magic, and Mystery of Solar Eclipses. He lives in Hamilton, New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jan

Maybe a year ago I read a fascinating, scientific book called The Grand Biocentric Design by Robert Lanza with help from a theoretical physicist and astronomer. It's the final book in a series of books that explain how life creates reality, how our observations and even knowledge of objects will inf......more

Goodreads review by Jeff

Brief description of creation stories from around the world. Good basic information. Not a lot of depth.......more

Goodreads review by Degan

Nice overview of the world’s creation stories, grouped by category but with a theme of commonality running through all of it. However, I found it a bit simplistic and would have liked more of a storytelling feel or context on the cultures.......more