12 gods & spirits
Makers of Worlds
How did the land, the sky and the first people come into being? These traditions answer with stories of clay, water, birth, craft and conflict. Follow the makers and repairers of worlds through their own accounts of beginnings.
12 gods & spirits
Brahma
the four-faced creator
Nüwa
the maker of people and mender of the sky
Fuxi
the culture hero who traced the eight trigrams
Obatala
the orisha who shapes human bodies
Olorun
owner of the heavens
Ninhursag
lady of the mountain country
Enki
god of fresh water and resourceful wisdom
Marduk
patron god of Babylon
Tiamat
the primeval sea of the Babylonian creation poem
Izanagi
a creator of islands and kami
Izanami
creator goddess and deity of Yomi
Coatlicue
she of the serpent skirt
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