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World mythology : an anthology of the great myths and epics / Donna Rosenberg.
Presents major myths and epics from around the world accompanied by historical background, literary analysis, and an evaluation of each myth's appeal.
Record details
- ISBN: 0844257672
- ISBN: 9780844257679
- Physical Description: xxii, 584 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition: 2nd ed.
- Publisher: Lincolnwood, Ill. : NTC Pub. Group, �1994.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 559-571) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Purpose of myths -- Matriarchal society -- Academic perspectives on myths. Greece and Rome: Greece: Creation of the Titans and the gods -- Ages of man -- Demeter and Persephone -- Flood cycle: Lycaon: Cause -- Flood: Punishment -- Deucalion and Pyrrha: Rebirth -- Labors and death of Heracles -- Iliad -- Odyssey -- Rome: Romulus and Remus -- Aeneid. Middle East: Babylonia: Enuma elish -- Egypt: Osiris, Isis, and Horus -- Hittite: Telepinu -- Sumer/Babylonia: Gilgamesh. Northern Europe: Creation, death, and rebirth of the Universe -- Theft of Idun's apples -- Death of Balder -- Theft of Thor's hammer -- Sigurd the Volsung. British Isles: Ireland/Scotland: Ages of the world (Celtic) -- Dagda the good (Celtic) -- England/Scandinavia: Beowulf -- England/France: King Arthur. Far East and the Pacific Islands: India: Creation, death, and rebirth of the Universe -- Indra and the dragon -- Ramayana -- China: Creation of the Universe -- Yi the archer and the ten suns -- Quest for the sun -- Japan: Creation of the Universe and Japan -- Amaterasu -- Kotan Utunnai (Ainu) -- New Zealand: Creation cycle (Polynesia/Maori): Creation of the Universe and the gods -- Creation of human beings -- Creation of New Zealand -- Hawaii: Taming of the Sun (Polynesia/Hawaii) -- Africa: Nigeria: Creation of the Universe and Ife (Yoruba) -- Benin: Quarrel between Sagbata and Sogbo (Fon) -- Faraka: Gassire's Lute (Soninke) -- Mali: Sunjata (Mande/Keita) -- Zaire: Mwindo (Nyanga). The Americas: Bolivia: Creation (Tiahuanaco/Aymara) -- Peru: House of Origin (Inca) -- Bolivia/Peru: Children of the Sun (Tiahuanaco/Aymara/Inca) -- Surinam/Brazil: Paraparawa and Waraku (Trio) -- Guatemala: Creation (Maya) -- Mexico: Creation cycle (Toltec/Aztec) -- Five worlds and their suns -- Creation of the Earth -- Creation of human beings -- Creation of music -- Quetzalcoatl (Toltec/Aztec) -- United States: Emergence (Navajo) -- Ahaiyuta and the Cloud-eater (Zuni) -- Lodge-boy and Thrown-Away (Crow) -- United States/Canada: Woman who fell from the sky (Iroquois/Huron) -- Raven and the sources of light (Haida/Tsimshian/Tlingit) -- Sedna (Inuit) -- Canada: Caught by a Hair-string (Micmac).
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