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Sumerian creation myth
Japanese creation myth
In Japanese mythology, the is the story that describes the legendary birth of the celestial and creative world, the birth of the first gods, and the birth of the Japanese archipelago.
Slavic creation myth
a cosmogonic myth in Slavic mythology that explains how the world was created, who created it, and what principles guide it.
Ainu creation myth
Ainu mythology divides time into three tenses: "Mosir sikah ohta" ("when the universe was born"), "mosir noskekehe" ("centre of the world"), and "mosir kes" ("end of the world", about which there are no detailed concepts recorded from Ainu mythology).Norbert Richard Adami: Religion und Schaminismus der Ainu auf Sachalin (Karafuto), Bonn 1989, p. 35.
Tungusic creation myth
The Tungusic creation myths are traditional stories of the creation of the world belonging to the Tungusic peoples of Siberia.
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