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Emergence Myth

An Emergence Myth is a type of creation narrative in which the first humans or ancestral beings are believed to have originated by ascending from a series of subterranean worlds into the present world, distinguished from other creation myths by its emphasis on progressive physical and spiritual transformation through layered cosmic realms.

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Publications

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Myth, Meaning and Work Organization

Martin L. Bowles · Organization Studies · 1989 · 116 citations

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Why Aren't They Getting This? Working through the regressive myths of constructivist pedagogy

Brent Davis, Dennis Sumara · Teaching Education · 2003 · 107 citations

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In the Beginning: Some Greek Views on the Origins of Life and the Early State of Man

Edwin L. Minar, W. K. C. Guthrie · The Classical World · 1958 · 36 citations

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The Origin of the Gods: A Psychoanalytic Study of Greek Theogonic Myth

Lois J. Parker, Richard Caldwell · The Classical World · 1991 · 28 citations

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Creation Myths of Primitive America in relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind

Nature · 1899 · 16 citations

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Authors

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    Brent Davis

    University of Calgary, Canada

    1 publications · 107 citations

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    Stephen R. Palmquist

    Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR China

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  3. RC
    Richard Caldwell

    University of California, Davis, United States

    1 publications · 28 citations

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    Martin L. Bowles

    Birmingham City University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 116 citations

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  5. ML
    María Leach

    1 publications · 12 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    116 citations

  2. Hong Kong Baptist University

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  3. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    214 citations

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  1. The Classical World

    2 publications · 64 citations

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  2. Nature

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  3. Organization Studies

    1 publications · 116 citations

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  4. Teaching Education

    1 publications · 107 citations

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  5. Books Abroad

    1 publications · 12 citations

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