Название: Creation Stories: Landscapes and the Human Imagination
Автор: Anthony Aveni
Издательство: Yale University Press
Год: 2021
Формат: PDF
Размер: 20 Мб
Язык: английский / English
An accessible exploration of how diverse cultures have explained humanity’s origins through narratives about the natural environment. Drawing from a vast array of creation myths—Babylonian, Greek, Aztec, Maya, Inca, Chinese, Hindu, Navajo, Polynesian, African, Norse, Inuit, and more—this concise illustrated book uncovers both the similarities and differences in our attempts to explain the universe. Anthony Aveni, an award-winning author and professor of astronomy and anthropology, examines the ways various cultures around the world have attempted to explain our origins, and what roles the natural environment plays in shaping these narratives. The book also celebrates the audacity of the human imagination.
Автор: Anthony Aveni
Издательство: Yale University Press
Год: 2021
Формат: PDF
Размер: 20 Мб
Язык: английский / English
An accessible exploration of how diverse cultures have explained humanity’s origins through narratives about the natural environment. Drawing from a vast array of creation myths—Babylonian, Greek, Aztec, Maya, Inca, Chinese, Hindu, Navajo, Polynesian, African, Norse, Inuit, and more—this concise illustrated book uncovers both the similarities and differences in our attempts to explain the universe. Anthony Aveni, an award-winning author and professor of astronomy and anthropology, examines the ways various cultures around the world have attempted to explain our origins, and what roles the natural environment plays in shaping these narratives. The book also celebrates the audacity of the human imagination.