"A Note from the Author"

The author is Virginia Hamilton, and the note is from her book "In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World."

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 7 Unit 1's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: The Road Not Taken, Choices, Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, Dust Tracks on a Road, Bad Boy, Why Couldn't I Have Been Named Ashley?, Phaethon, Daedalus and Icarus, Arachne, The Lion, the Fox, and the Stag, A Note from the Author, creation myths
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  1. myth
    a traditional story serving to explain a world view
    Myth stories about creation are different.
  2. prophetic
    foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
    In a prophetic voice
  3. relate
    give an account of
    they relate events that seem outside of time and even beyond time itself.
  4. classic
    of recognized authority or excellence
    The classic opening, although not the only opening, of a creation myth is "In the beginning..."
  5. purpose
    what something is used for
    The most striking purpose of a creation myth is to explain something.
  6. ritual
    the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
    Yet it also asks questions and gives reasons why groups of people perform certain rituals and live in a particular way.
  7. reveal
    disclose directly or through prophets
    People everywhere have creation myths, revealing how they view themselves to themselves in ways that are movingly personal.
  8. existence
    the state or fact of being
    Creation, then, means the act of bringing into existence--something.
  9. universe
    everything that exists anywhere
    These myths from around the world were created by people who sensed the wonder and glory of the universe.
  10. longing
    prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
    Lonely as they were, by themselves, early people looked inside themselves and expressed a longing to discover, to explain who they were, why they were, and from what and where they came.
Created on Fri Aug 22 21:06:39 EDT 2014 (updated Fri Aug 22 22:43:58 EDT 2014)

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