Hinduism in Five Minutes - Steven W Ramey
8. What is the Creation Story in Hinduism?
Hinduism in Five Minutes - Steven W Ramey
Gil Ben-Herut [+]
University of South Florida
Gil Ben-Herut is an Associate Professor in the Religious Studies Department, University of South Florida.
Graduate Division of Religion
Emory University, S214 Callaway Memorial Center
537 Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
USA
Description
Hinduism presents a plethora of creation myths with no clear organization between them. This chapter presents several known cosmological myths from different Hindu scriptures and reflects on how we may understand this plurality and what it might mean, as well as on the cultural expectations encoded in the question itself.