Preface vii

1. The Creation Myth 1
2. The Cosmogonic Awakening 28
3. Creation from Above, Creation from Below 38
4. The Two Creators 91
5. Deus Faber 132
6. The First Victim 154
7. Subjective Moods of the Creator 181
8. Germs and Eggs 224
9. The Twofold and Fourfold Division of the Universe 233
10. Abortive Attempts at Creation 262
11. Chains 289
12. Creation Renewed and Reversed 328

Notes 361
Index 367