Mythology research project. Speaks of The Yoruba and Madagascar myths

        In The Yoruba and Madagascar myths of creation, the beginning of the world was a formless Chaos which was neither sea nor land. Orisha Nla, also called the Great God, was sent down from the sky to the Chaos by Olorun, the Supreme Being. His obligatory mission was to create solid land and to aid him in the accomplishment of this task, he was given a snail shell, a pigeon, and a five-toed hen. After …showed first 75 words of 689 total…

…showed last 75 words of 689 total…can stay and those who will be taken by the serpents, "dragging them away, while they utter loud and piercing cries of grief and agony, to be tortured and devoured; lo!" BIBLIOGRAPHY Bierlein, J. F. Parallel Myths. New York: Random House Inc., 1994 Clifford, Eth. The Magnificent Myths of Men. New York: Globe Book Co.,         1972 Ions, Veronica. Egyptioan Mythology. New York: Peter Bedrick Books,         1968 Mackenzie, Donald A. Egyptiona Myths and Legends. New York: Crown         Publishers Inc., 1978