It was dark and there was neither life nor death. In the beginning, the earth was a bare plain. Underneath the plain slept the eternal ancestors, the sun, the moon and the stars. Eventually the eternal ancestors arose an in the Dreamtime they walked the earth. The eternal ancestors walked in many shapes and forms; […]
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An Apache creation myth – The One Who Lives Above
There was nothing in the beginning; no earth, no sky, no sun and no moon. There was only darkness. There was only darkness until a thin disc emerged. Sitting on the disc, which was yellow on one side and white on the other, was a small bearded man. He was Creator. He was the One […]
An Aztec creation myth – Coatlique
In the study of global creation myths, few deities possess the raw, visceral power of Coatlicue, the earth mother goddess of the Aztec pantheon. Often depicted as a towering figure carved from the image of the unknown, her iconography is intentionally shocking, designed to remind mortals of the brutal cycle of life and death. Her […]
A Celtic creation myth – hoarfrost
We all have to find a beginning somewhere and this is where it begins for In Pure Spirit. A Celtic creation myth During the first winter, a colossal and powerful giant rose from the hoarfrost. Next came the fire and the fire melted the giant. As the ice giant melted so the world was born. […]
