ABSTRACT
A repeating theme pervades creation myths: there is an active creator and a relatively more passive other, who does little but is still absolutely essential (von Franz, 1972). For example, in an Eskimo parable the world is created by Father Raven. He begins in a void and nearly falls into a bottomless abyss, but at that very moment a sparrow appears to comfort him. Initially the great bird/creator has a human form; but as he slowly constitutes the world, he himself achieves his destined feathered form.
