Download or read book Creation Myths of the World 2 volumes written by David A. Leeming and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-12-18 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive resource available on creation myths from around the world—their narratives, themes, motifs, similarities, and differences—and what they reveal about their cultures of origin. ABC-CLIO's breakthrough reference work on creation beliefs from around the world returns in a richly updated and expanded new edition. From the Garden of Eden, to the female creators of Acoma Indians, to the rival creators of the Basonge tribe in the Congo, Creation Myths of the World: An Encyclopedia, Second Edition examines how different cultures explain the origins of their existence. Expanded into two volumes, the new edition of Creation Myths of the World begins with introductory essays on the five basic types of creation stories, analyzing their nature and significance. Following are over 200 creation myths, each introduced with a brief discussion of its culture of origin. At the core of the new edition is its enhanced focus on creation mythology as a global human phenomenon, with greatly expanded coverage of recurring motifs, comparative themes, the influence of geography, the social impact of myths, and more.
Download or read book Creation Myths of the World 2 volumes written by David A. Leeming and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-12-18 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive resource available on creation myths from around the world—their narratives, themes, motifs, similarities, and differences—and what they reveal about their cultures of origin. ABC-CLIO's breakthrough reference work on creation beliefs from around the world returns in a richly updated and expanded new edition. From the Garden of Eden, to the female creators of Acoma Indians, to the rival creators of the Basonge tribe in the Congo, Creation Myths of the World: An Encyclopedia, Second Edition examines how different cultures explain the origins of their existence. Expanded into two volumes, the new edition of Creation Myths of the World begins with introductory essays on the five basic types of creation stories, analyzing their nature and significance. Following are over 200 creation myths, each introduced with a brief discussion of its culture of origin. At the core of the new edition is its enhanced focus on creation mythology as a global human phenomenon, with greatly expanded coverage of recurring motifs, comparative themes, the influence of geography, the social impact of myths, and more.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Allegorical Literature written by David A. Leeming and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Absalom and Achitophel to Zadig, and from Richard Adams to William Butler Yeats, this volume presents more than 400 articles covering all aspects of literary allegory. In addition, it examines the relationship of allegory to film, music, psychoanalysis, and other fields. Includes many illustrations and black-and-white photos, and an extensive index and bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book A Dictionary of Creation Myths written by David Adams Leeming and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Creation Tales written by Frank Brooksbank and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the most persistent stories throughout various cultures are creation tales and myths. These beloved tales share how life began. They answer questions about the origins of the sun, the moon, and why we have seasons. Creation stories come from around the world and are often told by indigenous people. Above all, these imaginative narratives can be an important part of the culture that tells them and were often the basis of a culture's religious beliefs. Despite their origin from different parts of the globe, creation myths may share a common thread such as an all-powerful creator figure and the appearance of the flood. Fairytalez is proud to share this collection of creation stories from around the world. Learn the various creation myths of cultures from around the world, including Ancient Egypt, China, Nigeria, and more.
Download or read book Myths from Mesopotamia written by Stephanie Dalley and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 2000 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories translated here all of ancient Mesopotamia, and include not only myths about the Creation and stories of the Flood, but also the longest and greatest literary composition, the Epic of Gilgamesh. This is the story of a heroic quest for fame and immortality, pursued by a man of great strength who loses a unique opportunity through a moment's weakness. So much has been discovered in recent years both by way of new tablets and points of grammar and lexicography that these new translations by Stephanie Dalley supersede all previous versions. -- from back cover.
Download or read book Creation Myths written by Marie-Louise von Franz and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading Jungian scholar analyzes common motifs in creation myths from cultures around the world, explaining how they “inform the collective unconscious and contribute to our ability to create as human beings” (Parabola) Creation myths are the deepest and most important of all myths because they are concerned with both the basic patterns of existence and the ultimate meaning of life. In this book, an eminent Jungian analyst examines the recurring motifs that appear in creation myths from around the world and shows what they teach us about the mysteries of creativity, the cycles of renewal in human life, and the birth of consciousness in the individual psyche. Among the topics discussed are: • Why the creative process is often accompanied by anxiety, depression, loneliness, and fear of the unknown. • The meaning of creation motifs such as the egg, the seed, the primordial being, the creative fire, the separation of heaven and earth, and the four stages of creation. • Creation symbolism in the alchemical opus of medieval tradition. • How creation-myth motifs appear in the dreams of people who are on the verge of a leap forward in consciousness.
Download or read book Creation Myths written by and published by Armadillo. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic creation stories from ancient cultures around the world, a beautifully illustrated anthology of comparative mythology.
Download or read book In the Beginning written by Virginia Hamilton and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1988 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated collection of twenty-five myths from various parts of the world explaining the creation of the world.
Download or read book World Mythology An Anthology of Great Myths and Epics written by Donna Rosenberg and published by McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 2001-02-12 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World Mythology is a compilation of over 50 great myths and epics. Your students will gain an appreciation and understanding of ancient and modern cultures through myths and epics from the Middle East, Greece and Rome, the Far East and Pacific islands, the British Isles, Northern Europe, Africa, and the Americas. An introduction and historical background supplement each myth. Questions at the end of each selection prompt analysis and response.
Download or read book The Star Bearer written by Dianne Hofmeyr and published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the beginning, nothing moves in the inky silence... until the golden godchild Atum gradually unfolds from a lotus bud. From him come the gods of the air and rain and their children ? Geb, god of Earth, and Nut, goddess of the sky. Geb and Nut are inseparable. They clasp one another and share whispered secrets, leaving no space between the sky and the earth for Atum to continue creating. So Atum has no choice but to have them forcibly separated, leaving Geb enraged and Nut sad and lonely... The beautiful story that follows explains, according to Ancient Egyptian beliefs, how day, night and the starry universe were first created.
Download or read book An Introduction to World Mythology written by Jayme B. Novara and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Myths and Tales of the White Mountain Apache written by Grenville Goodwin and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1994-03 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These 57 tales (with seven variants) gathered between 1931 and 1936 include major cycles dealing with Creation and Coyote, minor tales, and additional stories derived from Spanish and Mexican tradition. The tales are of two classes: holy tales said by some to expalin the origin of ceremonies and holy powers, and tales which have to do with the creation of the earth, the emergence, the flood, the slaying of monsters, and the origin of customs. As Goodwin was the first anthropologist to work with the White Mountain Apache, his insights remain a primary souce on this people.
Download or read book The World of Myth written by David Adams Leeming and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1991-01-24 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hercules, Zeus, Thor, Gilgamesh--these are the figures that leap to mind when we think of myth. But to David Leeming, myths are more than stories of deities and fantastic beings from non-Christian cultures. Myth is at once the most particular and the most universal feature of civilization, representing common concerns that each society voices in its own idiom. Whether an Egyptian story of creation or the big-bang theory of modern physics, myth is metaphor, mirroring our deepest sense of ourselves in relation to existence itself. Now, in The World of Myth, Leeming provides a sweeping anthology of myths, ranging from ancient Egypt and Greece to the Polynesian islands and modern science. We read stories of great floods from the ancient Babylonians, Hebrews, Chinese, and Mayans; tales of apocalypse from India, the Norse, Christianity, and modern science; myths of the mother goddess from Native American Hopi culture and James Lovelock's Gaia. Leeming has culled myths from Aztec, Greek, African, Australian Aboriginal, Japanese, Moslem, Hittite, Celtic, Chinese, and Persian cultures, offering one of the most wide-ranging collections of what he calls the collective dreams of humanity. More important, he has organized these myths according to a number of themes, comparing and contrasting how various societies have addressed similar concerns, or have told similar stories. In the section on dying gods, for example, both Odin and Jesus sacrifice themselves to renew the world, each dying on a tree. Such traditions, he proposes, may have their roots in societies of the distant past, which would ritually sacrifice their kings to renew the tribe. In The World of Myth, David Leeming takes us on a journey "not through a maze of falsehood but through a marvellous world of metaphor," metaphor for "the story of the relationship between the known and the unknown, both around us and within us." Fantastic, tragic, bizarre, sometimes funny, the myths he presents speak of the most fundamental human experience, a part of what Joseph Campbell called "the wonderful song of the soul's high adventure."
Download or read book How the World Began written by Gilly Cameron Cooper and published by Lorenz Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of creation myths from different cultures around the world from the Titans and Olympian Gods of ancient Greece to the Dreamtime of the Aboriginal peoples.
Download or read book Jim Henson s The Dark Crystal Creation Myths The Complete Collection written by Jim Henson and published by Archaia. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete prequel trilogy to Jim Henson’s cult classic fantasy film The Dark Crystal, with a story by the film’s original concept designer, Brian Froud. Brian Froud, legendary conceptual designer of the beloved Jim Henson fantasy film The Dark Crystal, returns to the world he helped create in this official prequel trilogy to the cult-classic film. Collected for the first time in one oversized edition, this series reveals the definitive origins of the Skeksis, Mystics, Gelfling, and the Dark Crystal itself while introducing all new characters in an epic spanning thousands of years. Written by Brian Holguin (Spawn: Origins), Joshua Dysart (Unknown Soldier), and Matthew Dow Smith (Doctor Who), and lushly illustrated by Alex Sheikman (Robotika) and Lizzy John (Fraggle Rock), Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths is a breathtaking return to the fantasy world that has captivated audiences for over thirty years.
Download or read book Mythologies written by Roland Barthes and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This new edition of MYTHOLOGIES is the first complete, authoritative English version of the French classic, Roland Barthes's most emblematic work"--
