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Stories That Crafted The Earth
Adrian Beckingham

This book explores stories of Earth Creation:
How the Earth, the rivers, the lakes, the oceans, the mountains, the valleys, the clouds, the sky, and the first animals and people came into being. These stories hav been passed on orally for centuries. They not only inspire us to reach for the stars but the also teach us to respect the natural world, to respect other people, and to respect ourselves.

These Earth Creation Stories are from the following cultures:
Aboriginal Australian: Dreamtime Amazonian Indian: Yanomami - American/Canadian Indian: Blackfoot - American/Canadian Indian: Kwakiutl - American Indian: Hopi - Ancient Britain - Balinese - Celtic - Norse Viking - Tibeta

Under the name of The Man From Story Mountain, Adrian Beckham is a professional Storyteller. Years spent in Australia learning from the Aboriginal people before settling in England, have given him first-hand insight into how tribal cultures live. As a result, he realised that the morals of environmental sustainability and social cohesion, which are very present in these original creation stories, also inhabit the people's daily lives. He is well-known in England, Europe and Australia for his story-telling skills and is booked regularly into schools psychiatric units and environmental projects to not only entertain, but also to bring alive the plight of indigenous peoples whose land and rights are being threatened by government and big business. Adrian is now one of our local authors living in nearby Drimpton

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