1. Creation Stories from Around the World
... three deities, and ultimately their descendants were the imperial family of Japan. III. This story comes from the Kono people of Guinea. Like many African stories, it is as concerned with the origin of death as with the origin of life, and with the origin of the many races that inhabit the earth. Death, and Life and Death In the beginning there was nothing: neither matter nor light existed. In this world lived only ... and eventually his children went off to found the peoples of the world, the French, the English, and the other European peoples, and the Kono, the Guuerze, t...
- Word Count: 3045
- Approx Pages: 12
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School