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• ii •  In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• ix • A Note from the Author • essay by Virginia Hamilton
• 2 •  Raven and Man • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 2 • The Pea-Pod Man • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 6 •  Woman • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 8 •  Quatgoro • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 8 • Finding Night • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 14 •  Sa • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 14 • An Endless Sea of Mud • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 20 •  The Cosmic Egg • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 20 • Bursting From the Hen's Egg • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 22 •  Phan Ku • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 24 •  Old Man • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 24 • Traveling to Form the World • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 28 •  Erik's Face in the Mud • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 28 • First Man Becomes the Devil • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 32 •  Warm Dog • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 34 •  The Rope of Feathers • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 34 • Turtle Dives to the Bottom of the Sea • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 39 •  The First Deer • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 42 •  Nana Buluku • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 42 • Moon and Sun • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 44 •  Thunder and Lightning • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 46 •  The Great Tangle of Night • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 46 • Bandicoots Come from His Body • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 52 •  His Blue Heavenly Self • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 52 • Spider Ananse Finds Something • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 58 •  Water and the Animals That Live in It • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 58 • The Woman Who Fell from the Sky • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 61 •  Turtle and Earth • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 64 •  Nyambi • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 64 • Man Copies God • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 68 •  Imir • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 68 • The Frost Giant • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 72 •  Olorun and the Other Gods • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 72 • Owner of the Sky • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 75 •  Chameleon • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 78 •  Apsu the Begetter • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 78 • Marduk, God of Gods • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 82 •  Marduk • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 86 •  Feathered Serpent • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 86 • Four Creations to Make Man • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 91 •  Animals of the First Creation • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 93 •  Man of the Third Creation • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 95 •  What is Left of the Wood Dummies • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 100 •  The Egg • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 100 • The Angry Gods • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 104 •  Only the Ocean • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 104 • Sun, Life, Wind, and Death • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 107 •  Octopus • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 110 •  God Ra • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 110 • The Sun-God and the Dragon • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 113 •  Apophis • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 116 •  Sedi and Melo • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 116 • Separation of Earth and Sky • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 122 •  First Man, First Woman • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 122 • First Man, First Woman • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 126 •  Chaos • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 126 • The Coming of All Things • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 129 •  Cyclops • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 132 •  Prometheus • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 132 • The God Brings Fire to Man • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 138 •  Pandora • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 138 • Pandora • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 143 •  The Gifts of Zeus • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 145 •  Hope • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 148 •  Let There be Light • interior artwork by Barry Moser
• 148 • In the Beginning • short story by Virginia Hamilton
• 155 • More About These Myths • essay by Virginia Hamilton