Chinese Mythology

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Author by Anne Birrell
Genre : History
Editor : JHU Press
ISBN : 0801861837
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 350
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In Chinese Mythology, Anne Birrell provides English translations of some 300 representative myth narratives selected from over 100 classical texts, many of which have never before been translated into any Western language. Organizing the narratives according to themes and motifs common to world mythology, Birrell addresses issues of source, dating, attribution, textural variants, multiforms, and context. Drawing on exhaustive work in comparative mythology, she surveys the development of Chinese myth studies, summarizes the contribution of Chinese and Japanese scholars to the study of Chinese myth since the 1920s, and examines special aspects of traditional approaches to Chinese myth. The result is an unprecedented guide to the study of Chinese myth for specialists and nonspecialists alike.

World Mythology

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Author by David A. Leeming
Genre : Mythology
Editor : Oxford University Press
ISBN : 9780197548264
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 161
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"This book treats myths from all parts of the word, first from a cultural and then from a more comparative perspective. How do myths of the ancient Egyptians or Greeks, for instance, reflect the realities of the Egyptian and Greek cultures? When compared, how do they reveal certain universal themes or motifs that point to larger transcultural issues, such as the place of the human species in creation or the nature of deity as a concept? This book is organized around the universal or near universal motifs: deities, creation, the flood, the trickster, and the hero. Myths from Greek, Egyptian, Norse, Native American, African, Polynesian, Jewish, Christian, Hindu, and other cultures are retold and treated as reflections of the cultures that "dreamed" them and then are compared and discussed in such a way as to expose universal significance, creating a world mythology"--

African Mythology

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Author by Stuart A. Kallen
Genre : Young Adult Nonfiction
Editor : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN : 9781420511451
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 106
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This volume looks at some of the popular myths of Africa and discusses their role in the culture and the values they reflect. The book also touches on how hip-hop music has its roots in African mythology. Readers will learn about creation myths, and the role of spirits and magic in African mythology and lore.

Folklore And Mythology

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Author by Andrew Lang
Genre : Social Science
Editor : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN : 9783748157021
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 226
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After the heavy rain of a thunderstorm has washed the soil, it sometimes happens that a child, or a rustic, finds a wedge-shaped piece of metal or a few triangular flints in a field or near a road. There was no such piece of metal, there were no such flints, lying there yesterday, and the finder is puzzled about the origin of the objects on which he has lighted. He carries them home, and the village wisdom determines that the wedge-shaped piece of metal is a "thunderbolt," or that the bits of flint are "elf-shots," the heads of fairy arrows. Such things are still treasured in remote nooks of England, and the "thunderbolt" is applied to cure certain maladies by its touch. As for the fairy arrows, we know that even in ancient Etruria they were looked on as magical, for we sometimes see their points set, as amulets, in the gold of Etruscan necklaces. In Perugia the arrowheads are still sold as charms. All educated people, of course, have long been aware that the metal wedge is a celt, or ancient bronze axe-head, and that it was not fairies, but the forgotten peoples of this island who used the arrows with the tips of flint. Thunder is only so far connected with them that the heavy rains loosen the surface soil, and lay bare its long hidden secrets.

The Mythology Of The Aryan Nations

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Author by George William Cox
Genre : Indo-Aryans
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ISBN : UIUC:30112001607552
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Bulfinch S Mythology

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Author by Thomas Bulfinch
Genre : Fiction
Editor : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN : 9783734087936
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 381
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Reproduction of the original: Bulfinch ́s Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch

Native American Mythology

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Author by Hartley Burr Alexander
Genre : Social Science
Editor : Courier Corporation
ISBN : 9780486444154
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 386
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This fascinating and informative compendium of Native American lore recounts the continent's myths chronologically and region-by-region, offering a wide range of nomadic sagas, animist myths, cosmogonies and creation myths, end-time prophecies, and other traditional tales. Legends include stories of sun worship, trickster pranks, the ghost world, and secret societies.

Native American Mythology

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Author by Jim Ollhoff
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Editor : ABDO Publishing Company
ISBN : 9781617840296
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 34
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Who is Kokyanwuuti? What is a shaman? Why are myths so important in our lives? Myths are a rich source of history. People use them to make sense of our world. Even before myths were written down, people told and retold the stories of the gods and goddesses of their homeland. Readers of American Indian Mythology will learn the history of myths, as well as their deeper meaning. From the Southeast tribes stories of how people got fire to the plains tribes stories of the Buffalo Woman, this book helps kids understand the myths that shape and direct people's lives. Abdo & Daughters is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

More Than Mythology

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Author by Catharina Raudvere
Genre : Social Science
Editor : Nordic Academic Press
ISBN : 9789187121302
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 289
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Written by distinguished scholars from multiple perspectives, this account widens the interpretative scope on religious life among the pre-Christian Scandinavian people. The religion of the Viking Age is conventionally identified through its mythology: the ambiguous character Odin, the forceful Thor, and the end of the world approaching in Ragnarök. However, pre-Christian religion consisted of so much more than mythic imagery and legends and has long lingered in folk tradition. Exploring the religion of the North through an interdisciplinary approach, the book sheds new light on a number of topics, including rituals, gender relations, social hierarchies, and interregional contacts between the Nordic tradition and the Sami and Finnish regions.

Bulfinch S Mythology Stories Of Gods And Heroes

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Author by Thomas Bulfinch
Genre : Fiction
Editor : Simon and Schuster
ISBN : 9781626865082
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 392
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An easily understood reference guide to the deities of Greek and Roman mythology. Stories of Gods and Heroes, originally published in 1855, is the first of three works that make up Bulfinch's Mythology, by Thomas Bulfinch. A useful and concise guide to the gods and goddesses of Greek and Roman mythology, this text was used in history classrooms for over a century. Bulfinch’s writing is an attempt to expand the enjoyment of classic literature for the common reader, explaining the allusions made to mythology in so many other titles of the day.