Narrating the Beginnings

Prof. Dr. Alberto Bernabé is Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Philology at the Complutense University of Madrid.

Dr. Raquel Martín Hernández is Lecturer at the Faculty of Philology at the Complutense University of Madrid.

Introductory Remarks.- Cosmogony in Progress. The Creation Myths from Rgvedic to Brahmanic Texts.- Explaining the Emergence of Social Institutions in Ancient Mesopotamia: The Sumerian Myth Enki and the World Order.- The Facets of the Diamond. Notes on Ancient Egyptian Cosmogonies.- Of Gods and Men: Bridging the Gap between Cosmogony and the Heroic Age in Early Greek Legendary History.- Evil in Genesis and Other Ancient Near Eastern Creation Stories.- The Emergence of the World in Early Greek Theogonies from Hesiod to Acusilaus.- The Myth of the Supreme Creator in Arabian Lands.- Völuspá, the Uncertainty of Norse Creation Myths and some Babylonian Parallels.- The Creation of the World according to Lakota Sioux Belief, Friedrich Pöhl.- Concluding Remarks.