creation story
creation story noun: synonym of creation myth.
Noun
creation story (plural creation stories)
- Synonym of creation myth
- ... Creation Story, a subject which, from the Christian point of view, is of the highest importance . This story stands at the very threshold of the Bible[…]1890, The Freethinker, page 203
- ... creation story has not been recounted in a public ceremony in any longhouse in all of Iroquoia for something over one hundred years . The story of the woman who fell from the sky and landed on Turtle's back , initiating the creation of[…]2005, John Mohawk, Iroquois Creation Story: John Arthur Gibson and J.N.B. Hewitt's Myth of the Earth Grasper
- Synonyms:
- creation myth
Synonyms of creation story
Forms of creation story
| plural | creation stories |
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Origin of creation story
Compound of creation + story, perhaps intended to avoid the negative connotations of myth (“false belief”).
Questions about creation story
- What does creation story mean?
- Creation story means synonym of creation myth.
- What part of speech is creation story?
- Creation story is a noun.
- What is the plural of creation story?
- The plural of creation story is creation stories.
Words near creation story in the dictionary
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