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In my book "100 More Research Topic Guides for Students," one of the
guides is on creation myths. One of the web sites I suggest is
www.magictails.com (an illustrated series of original creation myths).
Hope the website is still active.  If not, just use metacrawler
(www.metacrawler.com) to search for Creation Myths.  Some suggestions I
give for narrowing the topic include: 1. Compare three to five creation
myths from different cultures, discussing recurring themes and other
similarities. 2. How do theories of creation in creation myths differ
and/or compare with scientific theories of evolution? 3. Compare three
creation myths from different cultures with the Biblical story of
creation.  My the way, the book is published by Greenwood Press. It's very
helpful -- I use it a lot with my students.

On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Jody Gerlock wrote:

> Hi, all.
> It's the time of year when our sophomores spend a trimester on a huge
> research paper project. It's hard to prepare for because they can pretty
> much research anything (within reason) that appeals to them. I'm trying to
> help a young lady whose request seems rather simple at the outset, but
> proves not to be so. Because they have to use different types of sources,
> including books and periodical articles, we're getting stuck on finding
> ARTICLES (can be online or in print) for her topic on comparative
> mythology. She is focusing on maybe four types of myth: flood, creation,
> goddess-mother and hero. She wants to discuss how many cultures/societies
> are "tied together" because of the commonality of certain types of myth.
> Seems simple, but it's very hard to find articles written about this. I
> found one in SIRS database called "Myths with the sun in them." At the end
> the author discusses the universality of certain symbols. I'd love to be
> able to direct this girl to something else. If anything pops into your
> head on this topic (a place to look), please let me know (my email address
> is below).
> We're also looking for information on the psychological and/or health
> benefits of laughter. It's not as tough as the first one, but if you have
> something wonderful to share, I'd be grateful.
>
> Jody
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