Elements of Creation Myths

by R.J. Stewart

A guidebook to the principles, traditions and patterns of Creation mythology.

Genres: Mythology

128 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1989

About the author

Robert John Stewart (Bob Stewart) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father came from a Gaelic speaking family originally from the Western Highlands. His mother was Welsh, from a Welsh speaking family from the Gower Peninsula in South Wales, with a tradition of singing and playing the Welsh triple-harp. He is known today as a composer, author, and teacher, with 40 books in publication, translated into many languages worldwide. He is widely experienced in theater, film, and television, and is a skilled performer and presenter.

Reviews

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent understanding of myth and illustrated very well the flow of how creation myths developed across cultures. Favorite Quote: "The declaration or recounting of a myth is, at its deepest and most powerful level, a reverberation of the event which it describes. Thus myths are not allegories but resonances or reflections of actualities, of occurrences or manifestations at the heart of being. In a magical or metaphysical sense, the utterance of creation myth is a resonance of the actual creation of the world, or of the universe."