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... Myths and Doctrines of Doctrines of creation are philosophical and theological elaborations of the primal myth of creation within a religious community . The term myth here refers to the imaginative expression in narrative form of what ...
... Myths and Doctrines of Doctrines of creation are philosophical and theological elaborations of the primal myth of creation within a religious community . The term myth here refers to the imaginative expression in narrative form of what ...
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... myth . In some myths this rupture is the cause of the departure of the deity from creation . An African myth from the Dogon peoples of West Africa illustrates this point . In this myth the creator deity first creates an egg . Within the ...
... myth . In some myths this rupture is the cause of the departure of the deity from creation . An African myth from the Dogon peoples of West Africa illustrates this point . In this myth the creator deity first creates an egg . Within the ...
Page 241
... myth , actual warfare takes place as a result of the separation . Over against the primordial union of the world parents , there is the desire for knowledge and a ... myth , one of the twins from the Creation , Myths and Doctrines of 241.
... myth , actual warfare takes place as a result of the separation . Over against the primordial union of the world parents , there is the desire for knowledge and a ... myth , one of the twins from the Creation , Myths and Doctrines of 241.
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