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Tables of Contents for The Four Corners of the Sky
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
3
8
Between Two Parents, Earth and Sky
11
16
The Sky-tossed Universe of the Maori People
13
8
The Children of Rangi and Papi
14
7
The Sun-centered Universe of the Ancient Egyptians
21
6
Eye of the Sun
23
4
Something out of Nothing
27
14
The Beautiful Gods of the Ancient Greek Universe
29
8
The Birth of Zeus
31
6
The One God of the Hebrew Universe
37
4
Genesis
38
3
Cycles of Creation and Destruction
41
18
The Eternally Recurring Universe of the Hindus
43
8
Rahu's Ragged Throat
46
5
The Battlefield Universe of the Norsemen and Vikings
51
8
The End of the World
55
4
At the Center of the Universe
59
8
The Earth-centered Universe of Early Western Scientists
61
6
Mirroring the Cosmos
67
20
The Milky Way Mirrored in the Highways of the Incas
69
6
The Rod of Gold
71
4
The Cosmos as a Woman in the Mythology of the Jains
75
4
The Universe as a Brain in the Desana Indian Cosmos
79
4
The Twin Worlds of the Haitian Universe
83
4
A Universe of Animals and Plants
87
16
The Turtle-shell World of the Iroquois
89
6
On a Turtle's Back
90
5
The Calabash World of the Fon
95
4
The Chumash Sky Coyote and His Yearly Battle with the Sun
99
4
The Sky People
101
2
The Cosmic Egg
103
14
Hatching the Ancient Chinese Universe
105
4
Propping Up the Sky
106
3
The Expanding Universe of Contemporary Science
109
8
Conclusion
117
2
Source Notes
119
12
Author's Note
131
2
For Further Reading
133