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{{Quote||Chinigchinich then formed man, both male and female, out of white clay found upon the borders of a lake.<ref>Alana Jolley - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.saddleback.edu/faculty/aorrison/holdmystuff/websites/nehweb/juaneno.htm|2=2012-12-13}} Acjachemen Creation Myths] - Saddleback College (National Endowment for the Humanities Seminar), 1997</ref>}}
{{Quote||Chinigchinich then formed man, both male and female, out of white clay found upon the borders of a lake.<ref>Alana Jolley - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.saddleback.edu/faculty/aorrison/holdmystuff/websites/nehweb/juaneno.htm|2=2012-12-13}} Acjachemen Creation Myths] - Saddleback College (National Endowment for the Humanities Seminar), 1997</ref>}}


The ‘creation of humans from clay’ stories are common throughout the world, including far-flung places like Australia and the Pacific Islands which were not in contact with Islam or any of the other Abrahamic faiths until recent times.  
The ‘creation of humans from clay’ stories are common throughout the world, including places like Australia and the Pacific Islands which were not in contact with Islam or any of the other Abrahamic faiths until recent times.


====Asia====
====Asia====
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