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The Clay Maiden of Karora，In the ancestral slumber, the creator Karora rests under the earth, and as he dreams, human beings emerge from his...
Discover how the creator Karora dreamed humanity into existence from beneath the red earth in this captivating retelling of an ancient creation myth.
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Karuwali and the Emu Egg Sun
Discover how the world began in cold darkness and learn the ancient legend of how the sun was born through this captivating Aboriginal creation story.
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The Rainbow Serpent and the First Ancestors，During the Dreamtime, the giant Rainbow Serpent slithers across the featureless earth, shaping rivers and waking human ancestors...
Discover how the ancient Rainbow Serpent shaped the earth and awakened humanity from the silent dirt in this powerful Aboriginal Dreamtime legend.
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The San Creation and the Sacred Tree
Discover the ancient San creation myth of how humanity journeyed from the dark depths of the earth to the light of the sacred tree.
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Khnum’s Potter Wheel，The ram-headed god Khnum uses a potter’s wheel to mold human bodies and their ka (soul/life force) out of Nile clay.
Discover how the ancient Egyptian god Khnum used Nile clay and a potters wheel to shape the physical bodies and sacred souls of humanity.
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The First Humans from the Reed Bed
Discover the ancient creation myth of the first humans born from a misty reed bed as a dying elder whispers the forgotten story of our very beginning.
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Obatala’s Clay Sculptures of Ife，Obatala descends to Earth on a golden chain and molds human figures from clay, which the supreme god Olodumare breathes...
Discover how the Orisha Obatala descended from the heavens to mold the very first humans from clay in this captivating retelling of the Yoruba creation myth.
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Tane and the First Earth-Formed Woman，Tane, the god of forests and birds, breathes life into Hine-ahu-one, a maiden formed from red clay at Hawaiki.
Discover how the Maori forest god Tane breathed life into the first woman formed from red clay in this captivating retelling of an ancient creation myth.
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Maui and the Creation of the First Woman，Polynesian traditions tell of how gods shaped the first woman, Hine-ahu-one, out of earth, bringing human life...
Discover how the Polynesian gods shaped the first woman from the earth and brought human life to the Pacific in this captivating ancient legend.
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The Giant Rock Origin of the Atayal，In ancient times, a colossal rock split open, and the first human ancestors emerged to populate the mountains.
Discover how a legendary giant rock split open to birth the first ancestors of the Atayal people in this captivating ancient origin story.