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World mythology : an anthology of the great myths and epics
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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| Lummi Library | BL 311 .R63 1994 | 248458 | Stacks | Reshelving | - |
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