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* ''[[Watership Down]]'' features a ''rabbit'' creation myth. The sun-god, Frith, originally created all animals as equals, but when the children of El-hrairah, the First Rabbit and a popular [[Folk Hero]], began eating everything, he differentiated them, including blessing El-hrairah's bottom with quick feet and a cotton tail to warn for danger.

* The [[Discworld]] in ''<s> Faust</s> Eric''.

** The first ''Science of Discworld'' is, in part, a comedy version of our own universe's origin-story. The wizards compare the progression of events in Roundworld to several Disc creation myths, mostly while grousing that our world is doing it all wrong.

* Olaf Stapledon's ''The Star Maker'' provides a rare sci-fi version.

* The [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|Dwarves']] worldview in the ''[[Inheritance Cycle]]'', which the main character converts to. [[Flat Earth Atheist|The elves disagree with it.]]

* The world is created in the first poem of [[The Kalevala]]. Later poems tell about the birth of iron and beer.

* In the [[Star Trek Novel Verse]], an Andorian creation myth referencing the sundering of their race into four genders is essential to the in-depth exploration of their culture. According to the myth, their race was split into four sexes to demonstate their lack of self-knowledge; they were missing a vital aspect of self-awareness that prevented them being Whole. To unite the four genders is to take a step towards reclaiming spiritual perfection - though the "missing piece" is also needed if Andorians are to truly grow as a people. See in particular the [[Star Trek Deep Space Nine Relaunch]].

* The Garden of Eden story pops up here and there in ''[[Dirge for Prester John]]'', but each of the races of Pentexore have their own myths of how the world came to be. Later, John tries to rewrite Genesis to fit Pentexore in it, because he simply can't let it go.

** ''[[Problem Sleuth]]'' has the sequence in which Godhead Pickle Inspector calls his four TEMPORAL REPLICSIMILE-created clones {{spoiler|from the afterlife}} and tasks them with creating the universe ''by dividing in two, forwards and backwards in space, until they reach across all of time and thus constitute all elementary particles of the universe''.

** Andrew liked the idea, and ''[[Homestuck]]'' is, {{spoiler|[[Word of God|by his words]], [http://www.formspring.me/andrewhussie/q/1158290610 an elaborate creation myth] based on [[Spore]], [[Earthbound]], and [[The Sims]]. Which apparently means [[Like Reality Unless Noted|our]] creators are twelve... ([[Troll|internet]]) [[Our Trolls Are Different|trolls]] with [[Dysfunction Junction|serious mental issues]]?}}

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