The library has many collections of creation myths that you can use to find one or more myths to analyze. Ask a librarian for help finding or using these - or finding more options.
Collections of Myths
Encyclopedia of Creation Myths by Call Number: Carleton Gould Library Reference Books (BL325.C7 L44 1994 )ISBN: 0874367395Publication Date: 1994
Primal Myths by Call Number: Carleton Library Books BL325.C7 S68ISBN: 0060675004Publication Date: 1979- Alpha: The Myths of Creation by Call Number: Carleton Library Books BL325.C7 L6Publication Date: 1963
- Origins by Call Number: Carleton Gould Library Books BL226 .O74ISBN: 038501922XPublication Date: 1976
The Oxford Companion to World Mythology by Call Number: Carleton Library Reference Books BL312 .L44 2005ISBN: 0199916489Publication Date: 2005
Legends of the Earth, Sea and Sky by Call Number: Carleton Library Reference Books BL435 .A53 1998ISBN: 0874369630Publication Date: 1998
Creation and Procreation by Call Number: Carleton Gould Library Books BL226 .W45 1989ISBN: 0812280962Publication Date: 2016 and 1989
Women, Myth, and the Feminine Principle by Call Number: Carleton Library Books BL325.F4 K54 1998ISBN: 079143527XPublication Date: 1997- China S Creation and Origin Myths: Cross-Cultural Explorations in Oral and Written Traditions by Call Number: ebookISBN: 1283120712Publication Date: 2011An example of a book with both the myths themselves and scholarship about them.
- Sun Songs by Call Number: St. Olaf Rolvaag Library Books BL325.C7 S94ISBN: 0451618106Publication Date: 1980
In the Beginning by Call Number: St. Olaf Rolvaag Library Books BL226 .H35 1988ISBN: 0152387412Publication Date: 1988
Resources for Finding More
Motif-Index of Folk-Literature by Call Number: Carleton Library Reference Books GR67 .T52 1975ISBN: 0253338816Publication Date: 1960Use this print index to find works of folklore by motif. You might want to ask a librarian for help.
