How the world was made : from the Cherokee tribe of North American Indians -- The creation of the world : from the Vikings -- How Pangu created the world : from China -- Bumba creates the world : from a Bantu tribe of the Congo River in Africa -- The birth of the sun : from the Aborigines -- The creation of bandicoots and people : also from the Aborigines -- Eurynome and the universal egg : from the ancient Greeks -- In the beginning : from the Jews -- How earth and sky were created : from India -- The formation of the universe : from the Aztecs of ancient Mexico -- The birth of the plants : another myth from the Aztecs -- The birth of the sun and the moon : also from the Aztecs -- Rangi and Papa : from the Maoris -- How people were created from an egg : from India.