The world of myth / David Adams Leeming.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780195074758
- ISBN: 0195074750
- ISBN: 0195056019
- ISBN: 9780195056013
- Physical Description: xv, 362 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.
Content descriptions
- With Note:
- MARCIVE 10/14/11
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- I. Cosmic myths: Creation stories -- Flood stories -- Afterlife stories -- Apocalypse stories -- II. Myths of the gods: Pantheonic stories -- God as archetype -- Stories of archetypal gods -- Supreme being -- Great mother -- Dying god -- Trickster -- Stories of gods, goddesses, and lesser spirits -- III. Hero myths: Hero stories -- Conception, birth, and childhood of the hero -- Journey quest of the hero -- Rebirth, return, and apotheosis of the hero -- IV. Place and object myths: Stories of places and objects -- Mountain -- City -- Temple -- Genitals -- Stone -- Tree -- The garden, the grove, and the cave -- Labyrinth.
- Target Audience Note:
- 1190L Lexile
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