Record details

• ISBN: 0195056019
• ISBN: 9780195056013
• ISBN: 0195074750
• ISBN: 9780195074758
• Physical Description: xv, 362 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
• Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

pt. 1: Cosmic myths. The creation ; The flood ; The afterlife ; The apocalypse -- pt. 2: Myths of the gods. The pantheons ; The god as archetype ; Stories of archetypal gods ; The supreme being ; The great mother ; The dying god ; The trickster ; Stories of gods, goddesses, and lesser spirits -- pt. 3: Hero myths. The hero stories ; The conception, birth, and childhood of the hero ; The journey quest of the hero ; The rebirth, return, and apotheosis of the hero -- pt. 4: Place and object myths. Stories of places and objects ; The mountain ; The city ; The temple ; The genitals ; The stone ; The tree ; The garden, the grove, and the cave ; The labyrinth.

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Myth.
Mythology.