| 单词 | creation myth |
| 释义 | > as lemmascreation myth creation myth n. a myth describing or explaining the creation of the world. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun] > a mythical story or myth > type of creation story1860 creation myth1863 sun myth1865 solar myth1870 nature myth1871 just-so story1897 monomyth1929 FOAF1989 1863 J. W. Colenso Pentateuch & Bk. Joshua Critically Examined IV. xxiv. 251 We have seen instances of this connection already, in the expressions out of the Phœnician creation-myth. 1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan xiv. 259 Creation myths are not as ‘primitive’ as some writers would have us suppose. 2003 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 9 192 The famous nyau ritual of the Chewa-speaking peoples is a symbolic re-enactment of the Chewa creation myth. < as lemmas |
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