Description
| Product ID: | 9780197548264 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
| Title: | World Mythology: A Very Short Introduction |
| Authors: | Author: David A. Leeming |
| Page Count: | 160 |
| Subjects: | Ancient Egyptian religion and mythology, Ancient Egyptian religion & mythology, Celtic religion and mythology, Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Roman religion and mythology, Norse religion and mythology, Celtic religion & mythology, Ancient Greek religion & mythology, Roman religion & mythology, Norse religion & mythology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating World Mythology: A Very Short Introduction is organized around universal motifs: Creation, the Flood, the Hero Quest, the Trickster/Culture Hero, the Pantheons, the High God, and the Great Goddess. David Leeming compares examples of each motif from a variety of cultures--Greek, Egyptian, Norse, American Indian, African, Polynesian, Jewish, Christian, Hindu--treating them as reflections of the cultures that "dreamed" them and exposing their universal significance, creating a "world mythology." The mythologies of the world are collective cultural dreams, and as such should be analyzed first from cultural perspectives. How do myths of the ancient Egyptians or Greeks, for instance, reflect the realities of the Egyptian and Greek cultures? When compared, however, mythologies reveal certain universal themes or motifs that point to larger trans-cultural issues such as the place of the human species in creation or the nature of deity as a concept. World Mythology: A Very Short Introduction is organized around the universal motifs. Creation, the Flood, the Hero Quest, the Trickster/Culture Hero, the Pantheons, the High God, the Great Goddess. Veteran mythology scholar David Leeming examines examples of each motif from a variety of cultures--Greek, Egyptian, Norse, American Indian, African, Polynesian, Jewish, Christian, Hindu--treating them as reflections of the cultures that "dreamed" them. He compares and analyzes them, exposing their universal significance and creating a "world mythology." |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-01-26 |
