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| | The [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] story of creation has [[Ahura Mazda]] creating 16 lands, one by one, such that each would be delightful to its people. As he finished each one, [[Angra Mainyu]] applied a counter-creation, introducing plague and sin of various kinds. The dualistic idea of two primordial spirits, called twins by Zoroaster, goes back to an Indo-European prototype. Although the idea of dualism came from the idea that "god" could not create evil so both evil and good pre-existed before time. | | The [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] story of creation has [[Ahura Mazda]] creating 16 lands, one by one, such that each would be delightful to its people. As he finished each one, [[Angra Mainyu]] applied a counter-creation, introducing plague and sin of various kinds. The dualistic idea of two primordial spirits, called twins by Zoroaster, goes back to an Indo-European prototype. Although the idea of dualism came from the idea that "god" could not create evil so both evil and good pre-existed before time. |
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| − | #Encyclopædia Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9109402/creation-myth.
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| − | #Giddens, Sandra; Owen Giddens (2006). African Mythology. The Rosen Publishing Group. pp. 22. ISBN 1404207686.
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| − | #Tao Te Ching Ch 25: 有物混成，先天地生。寂兮寥兮，獨立而不改，周行而不殆，可以為天地母 。吾不知其名，強字之曰道。(rendition: There is something that contains everything. Before heaven and earth it is. Oh, it is still, unbodied, all on its own, unchanging, all-pervading, ever-moving. So it can act as the mother of all things. Not knowing its real name, we only call it the Way)
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| − | #There is an online version at E. Werner, Myths and Legends of China
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| − | #http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn-063-tb0.html MN 63
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| − | #Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Ideas / The Buddha of suburbia
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| − | #M. Walshe: The Long Discourses of the Buddha, p. 407: "On Knowledge of Beginnings", Somerville, MASS, 1995.
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| − | #Dev, Nanak. Gurū Granth Sāhib. pp. 1023 and 1035. http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=1035&punjabi=t#l44288. Retrieved on 2006-06-15. "For endless eons, there was only utter darkness. There was no earth or sky; there was only the infinite Command of His Hukam."
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| − | #Dev, Nanak. Gurū Granth Sāhib. pp. 1036. http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=1036&punjabi=t#l44327. Retrieved on 2006-06-15. "When He so willed, He created the world. Without any supporting power, He sustained the universe. He created Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva; He fostered enticement and attachment to Maya."
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| − | #Black, J.A., Cunningham, G., Fluckiger-Hawker, E, Robson, E., and Zólyomi, G. (1998) The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature. Oxford.
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| − | #Smith, Peter (2000). "creation". A concise encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith. Oxford: Oneworld Publications. pp. p. 116. ISBN 1-85168-184-1.
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| − | #von Kitzing, Eberhard (1998-03-08). "Originality of Species". http://bahai-library.com/unpubl.articles/originality/species.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
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| − | #Bahá’í World Centre, One Common Faith p30-31 [4]
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| − | #Qur'an 21:30
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| − | #Qur'an 41:11
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| − | #http://www.al-islam.org/nahjul/90.htm
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| − | #Guide to the Perplexed 2:17
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| − | #Milchamot Hashem 6:8
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| − | #Strive for Truth, V.II p 151
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| − | #nobodyimportant-jmb.blogspot.com
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| − | #Native American Indian Legends - The Creation - Maidu
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| − | #Why do we have creation myths? | From the Guardian | The Guardian
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| − | #From dust to dust | Guardian Weekly | guardian.co.uk
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| − | #Intelligent Design: Message from the Designers. Nova Distribution. ISBN 2-940252-22-X.
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| − | #creation myth - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | * [http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_1/kojiki.html Japanese Creation Myth]
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| − | * [http://www.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/creation.populvuh.html Mayan Creation Myth]
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| − | * [http://www.aldokkan.com/religion/creation.htm Egyptian Creation Myth]
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| − | * [http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/creation.html Norse Creation Myth]
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