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An accessible exploration of how diverse cultures have explained humanity’s origins through narratives about the natural environment Drawing from a vast array of creation myths—Babylonian, Greek, Aztec, Maya, Inca, Chinese, Hindu, Navajo, Polynesian, African, Norse, Inuit, and more—this short, illustrated book uncovers both the similarities and differences in our attempts to explain the universe. Anthony Aveni, an award-winning author and professor of astronomy and anthropology, examines the ways various cultures around the world have attempted to explain our origins, and what roles the natural environment plays in shaping these narratives. The book also celebrates the audacity of the human imagination. Whether the first humans emerged from a cave, as in the Inca myths, or from bamboo stems, as the Bantu people of Africa believed, or whether the universe is simply the result of Vishnu’s cyclical inhales and exhales, each of these fascinating stories reflects a deeper understanding of the culture it arose from as well as its place in the larger human narrative.

Creation --- Mythology --- Ethnoscience. --- Mythology. --- Sociological aspects.

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Inspirational world authority on indigenous wisdom Apela Colorado works internationally to preserve the wisdom of indigenous elders from around the world. In this powerful and inspirational book, she weaves together an intricate and beautiful insight into the way that indigenous people see the world. A unique and magical glimpse into the minds of those elders will inspire us all to reconnect more closely with our own ancestral wisdom. Journey back in time to preserve a connection to the ancestors, open a door to indigenous wisdom and healing and reclaim a Creation story for the future.

Ethnoscience. --- Colorado, Apela. --- Shamanism --- Spiritual Healing --- Body, Mind & Spirit

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To ask about the relation of science and religion is a fool's errand unless we clarify which science we are discussing, whose religion we are speaking about, and what aspects of each we are comparing. This Element sets the study of science and religion in a global context by examining two ways in which humans have understood the natural world. The first is by reference to observable regularities in the behavior of things; the second is by reference to the work of gods, spirits, and ancestors. Under these headings, this work distinguishes three varieties of science and examines their relation to three kinds of religion along four dimensions: beliefs, goals, organizations, and conceptions of knowledge. It also outlines the emergence of a clear distinction between science and religion and an increase in the autonomy of scientific inquiry. It is these developments that have made conflicts between science and religion possible.

Religion and science --- Christianity and science --- Geology --- Geology and religion --- Science --- Science and religion --- Religious aspects --- Religion and science. --- Cosmology. --- Ethnoscience. --- Philosophy, Chinese. --- Aristotle --- Philosophy --- Aristotelianism.

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"This book challenges the common assumption that the predominant focus of the history of science should be the achievements of Western scientists since the so-called Scientific Revolution. The conceptual frameworks within which the members of earlier societies and of modern indigenous groups worked admittedly pose severe problems for our understanding. But rather than dismiss them on the grounds that they are incommensurable with our own and to that extent unintelligible, we should see them as offering opportunities for us to revise many of our own preconceptions. We should accept that the realities to be accounted for are multi-dimensional and that all such accounts are to some extent value-laden. In the process insights from current anthropology and the study of ancient Greece and China especially are brought to bear to suggest how the remit of the history of science can be expanded to achieve a cross-cultural perspective on the problems"--

Science --- Ethnoscience. --- Ethnosciences. --- Philosophy / history & surveys / ancient & classical. --- Science, Ancient --- Science, Ancient. --- Sciences anciennes --- Sciences --- Methodology --- History. --- Methodology. --- Philosophy --- Philosophy. --- Historiography. --- Historiographie. --- Méthodologie --- Histoire.

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Natural resources and associated biological diversity provide the basis of livelihood for human population, particularly in the rural areas and mountain regions across the globe. Asia is home to the world's highest mountain regions including the Himalayas, Karakorum and Hindukush. These regions are renowned around the globe because of their unique beauty, climate, and biocultural diversity. Because of geoclimatic conditions, the mountains of Asia are medicinal and food plant diversity hot spots. The indigenous communities residing in the valleys of these mountains have their own culture and traditions, and have a long history of interaction with the surrounding plant diversity. Local inhabitants of these mountains areas possess significant traditional knowledge of plant species used as food, medicine, and for cultural purposes. So far, many workers have reported traditional uses of plant species from different regions of Asia including some mountain areas; however, there is not one inclusive document on the ethnobotany of mountains in Asia. This book provides a comprehensive overview on ethno-ecological knowledge and cross cultural variation in the application of plant species among various communities residing in the mountains of Asia; cross cultural variation in traditional uses of plant species by the mountain communities; high value medicinal and food plant species; and threats and conservation status of plant species and traditional knowledge. This book should be useful to researchers of biodiversity and conservation, ethnobiologists, ethnoecologists, naturalists, phytochemists, pharmacists, policy makers, and all who have a devotion to nature.

Traditional medicine --- Ethnobiology --- Ethnobotany --- Indigenous peoples --- Plants --- Human-plant relationships --- Folk biology --- Folkbiology --- Traditional biology --- Biology, Economic --- Ethnoscience --- Ethnic medicine --- Ethnomedicine --- Folk medicine --- Home cures --- Home medicine --- Home remedies --- Indigenous medicine --- Medical folklore --- Medicine, Primitive --- Primitive medicine --- Surgery, Primitive --- Alternative medicine --- Folklore --- Medical anthropology --- Ethnopharmacology --- Etnobiologia --- Etnobotànica --- Muntanyes --- Àsia --- Àrees de muntanya --- Orografia --- Pujols --- Serralades --- Serres (Geografia) --- Turons --- Zones de muntanya --- Espais naturals --- Alpinisme --- Etnografia botànica --- Botànica --- Plantes útils --- Nomenclatura popular de les plantes --- Biologia tradicional --- Etnozoologia --- Biologia econòmica --- Estats i territoris --- Euràsia --- Àsia central --- Eufrates (Àsia : Curs d'aigua) --- Eufrates (Àsia : Vall) --- Himàlaia (Àsia : Serralada) --- Jònia (Turquia i Grècia) --- Orient --- Tigris (Àsia : Curs d'aigua) --- Plant ecology. --- Plant biotechnology. --- Plant diseases. --- Plant Evolution. --- Plant Development. --- Plant Ecology. --- Plant Biotechnology. --- Plant Pathology. --- Evolution. --- Development. --- Botany --- Communicable diseases in plants --- Crop diseases --- Crops --- Diseases of plants --- Microbial diseases in plants --- Pathological botany --- Pathology, Vegetable --- Phytopathology --- Plant pathology --- Vegetable pathology --- Agricultural pests --- Crop losses --- Diseased plants --- Phytopathogenic microorganisms --- Plant pathologists --- Plant quarantine --- Crop biotechnology --- Agricultural biotechnology --- Floristic ecology --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Ecology --- Development of plants --- Plant development --- Developmental biology --- Growth (Plants) --- Plant evolution --- Evolution (Biology) --- Pathology --- Diseases and pests --- Diseases --- Wounds and injuries --- Biotechnology --- Ontogeny --- Phylogeny