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Gods Many and Lords Many: Study in Primal Religions
John Ferguson
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'There is a story from the Kalahari Bushmen about creation. Mantis, the primal preying-mantis, is the spirit of creation. His supreme creation was the Eland. But Mantis' children watched him secretly, and one day when he was away they killed the Eland and ate him. Mantis was desolate. He went to the scene of the killing and there he found on a bush the indigestible gall of the Eland. He told the gall that he would jump on it and pierce it through. The gall answered that if he did, it would burst open and cover him. Mantis was tempted ... Read more
'There is a story from the Kalahari Bushmen about creation. Mantis, the primal preying-mantis, is the spirit of creation. His supreme creation was the Eland. But Mantis' children watched him secretly, and one day when he was away they killed the Eland and ate him. Mantis was desolate. He went to the scene of the killing and there he found on a bush the indigestible gall of the Eland. He told the gall that he would jump on it and pierce it through. The gall answered that if he did, it would burst open and cover him. Mantis was tempted ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Lutterworth Press
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718824969
SKU
V9780718824969
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99-22
About John Ferguson
James Ferguson is President of Selly Oak Colleges in Birmingham, and formerly Dean and Director of Studies in Arts at the Open University.
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