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Thursday, February 10, 2011

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ORIGIN MYTHS
*Earth diver
*Breaking up primal unity
*Axis mundi
*Dismemberment
*Ex-nihilo
*Emergence

EBADEE!!!

"Origin of life and fire"
-ex nihilo (vomiting, spitting, etc.)
-not emergence (going through worlds)

Nigerian story
-breaking up primal unity (light/dark, earth/sky, etc.)

inspire >>> creativity
spir: spirit

inspire: breath of God

*alloforms: alternatives shapes for something

microcosm: human life
macrocosm: everything outside our world (gods, stars, etc.)

fecundator: fertilizer

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