单词 | creation mythology |
释义 | > as lemmascreation mythology creation mythology n. a system of mythology concerned with the creation of the world. ΚΠ 1877 S. Johnson Oriental Relig.: China iv. v. 929 This ante-causal existence, which should properly be extra causal and devoid of finite expression, is nevertheless in the creation-mythology clothed by imagination with the forms of personality. 1909 Amer. Anthropologist 11 48 It [sc. death] is an inherent part or element in southern California creation mythology. 2002 National Geographic Dec. 40/1 Canoe plants include various types of taro, from which the Hawaiian staple food, poi, is made and such a key plant that it is part of their creation mythology. < as lemmas |
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