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The First Humans from the Reed Bed

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Nuwa Creates Humans from Yellow Clay

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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.

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Sky Woman and the Turtle Island Origin

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The Clay Humans of Enki，Enki and Ninhursag craft human beings out of clay over the primeval abyssal waters to lighten the labor of the...

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The Hopi Emergence from Sipapu

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The Popol Vuh and the Maize Humans，After failed attempts using mud and wood, the Maya gods successfully create functional, respectful humans out of ground...

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Prometheus Crafts Man from Clay，Prometheus molds the first human bodies out of water and clay, while Athena breathes the divine spark of life into...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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Ask and Embla from the Driftwood，Odin and his brothers find two logs of driftwood on the seashore and bestow upon them breath, mind, and...

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