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The world of myth / David Adams Leeming.

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  • 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
Subject:
Myth.
Genre:
Myths.

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