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Zeitlin, Steve

The Four Corners of the Sky: Creation Stories and Cosmologies from Around the World

135 pp. | Holt | October, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-8050-4816-2 $$17.00
(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Chris Raschka. Using sources as diverse as New Zealand's Maori legends and the ancient Greek myths of Olympus, Zeitlin compares the creation stories of more than a dozen cultures and describes how each understands the structure of the universe. Western science is included in the continuum of cosmologies, making the point that myths and science both use likely stories to try to make sense of the universe. Bib.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2001

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