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100 1 $aLeonard, Scott A.,$d1958-
245 10 $aMyth and knowing :$ban introduction to world mythology /$cScott Leonard, Michael McClure.
246 14 $aMyth & knowing
260 $aBoston :$bMcGraw-Hill,$cc2004.
300 $axiv, 394, I-18 p. :$bill., maps ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPURPOSES AND DEFINITIONS -- The Study of Mythology -- What is Myth Historically? -- The Rise of Mythology -- Mythology During the Enlightenment -- Mythology in the 20th Century -- Mythology Today -- Reading Mythology -- Works Cited and Suggestions for Further Reading -- CREATION MYTHS -- The Birth of Order -- Classifying Cosmogonic Myths -- Types of Creation Myths -- Reading Creation Myths -- ʺ Amma and Nummo Create the Worldʺ (Dogon/Nigeria)ʺ The Creation, from The Eddasʺ Norse/Iceland)ʺ From Chaos to King Zeusʺ (from the Theogony/Greek) -- ʺ Out of the Blueʺ (Modern retelling from Iroquois sources) -- ʺ The Creation of Ulligara and Zalgarraʺ (Sumerian/Iraq)ʺ Creation Myth from the Vishnu Puranaʺ (Hindu/India)ʺ Genesis: The Creation Accountʺ (Hebrew Scriptures)ʺ The Popul Vuʺ (Maya/Yucatan and Guatemala) -- THE FEMALE DEVINE -- The Great Goddess -- Archetypal Psychology -- Goddess as Literary Character Types -- Reading the Female Divine -- ʺ The Fireʺ Goddess (Hawaiian/Hawaii)ʺ White Buffalo Calf Womanʺ (Brule Sioux/North American Great Plains) -- ʺ The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuziʺ (Sumerian/Iraq)ʺ A Taste of Earthʺ (modern retelling of Vietnamese materials/Vietnam) -- ʺ Kali Beheadedʺ (modern retelling of Hindu materials/India) -- ʺ Calisto and Arcasʺ (from Ovid's Metamorphosis; Roman/Italy) -- ʺ On the Origin of the Worldʺ (Gnostic/Egypt) -- THE MALE DIVINE -- The Prehistory of God -- The ʺ Sorcererʺ of Trois Freres -- The ʺ Shamanʺ of Trois Freres -- Images of the Masculine.
505 0 $aReading the Male Divine -- ʺ Bhagavad Gitaʺ (Teachings 1, 2, 6, and 11; Hindu/India)ʺ Enki and Ninhursangaʺ (Sumerian/Iraq) -- ʺ Orunmila Gives the Orishas Their Powers and His Friendship with Eshuʺ (Yoruba/Nigeria) -- ʺ Thor's Dual with Hrungnirʺ (Norse/Iceland)ʺ Quetzalcoatl Rescues the Precious Bones and Discovers Cornʺ (Aztec/Mexico) -- TRICKSTER MYTHS -- The Embodiment of Ambiguities -- Reading Trickster Myths -- ʺ Why We Tell Stories about Spiderʺ (Ga/West Africa)ʺ Ajapa, Aja the Dog, and the Yamsʺ (Yoruba/Nigeria)ʺ How Coyote Placed the Starsʺ (Wasco/Oregon) -- ʺ Coyote Man and Saucy Duckfeatherʺ (modern myth; Peter Blue Cloud) -- ʺ The Trouble with Rose Hipsʺ (Lipan Apache/American Southwest) -- ʺ Old Man Coyote Meets Coyote Womanʺ (Blackfoot/South-Central Canada, North-Central U.S.) -- ʺ The Treasures of the Godsʺ (Norse/Iceland) -- ʺ The Seven Great Deeds of Ma-uiʺ (Oceania) -- ʺ Prometheusʺ (from the Theogony/Greek) -- ʺ Pa Pandir, or Daddy Moronʺ (Malaysian) -- SACRED PLACES -- The Grounding of Mythology -- Gulliford's Nine Categories of Sacred Places -- Deloria's Four Categories of Sacred Sites -- Sites of Longing and Fear -- Combining Interpretive Strategies -- ʺ The Zuni and the Grand Canyonʺ (modern Zuni account/Arizona) -- ʺ The Emergenceʺ (ancient Zuni account/Arizona)ʺ Bighorn Medicine Wheelʺ (modern account/Wyoming)ʺ The Medicine Wheelʺ (medicine man Hyemeyohsts Storm/Wyoming) -- ʺ Sacred Landforms in Japan (Japan).
505 0 $aʺ The Mountain of the Lotus and the Fanʺ (Japan)ʺ Yoshoji and the Goddess Fujiʺ (Japan) -- ʺ Ten Thousand Treasure Mountainʺ (Yao/China) -- ʺ Kobo Storiesʺ (Buddhist/Japan) -- ʺ The Waters of Eternal Lifeʺ (Jewish/Italy, 11th c.)ʺ The Castle in the Lakeʺ (Bon/Tibet) -- ʺ The Cormorants of Utrostʺ (Norway) -- ʺ The Areca Treeʺ (modern retelling of ancient Vietnamese materials) -- ʺ Biriwilg Becomes a Paintingʺ (Aboriginal Australia).
520 $aMyth & Knowing is the most comprehensive world mythology textbook on the market. The text/reader format provides both jargon-free discussions of current themes and thinkers in the ongoing scholarly conversation about myth and a broad selection of myths chosen for literary merit and the cultural sensitivity of their translations. Rather than being genre-driven, the book emphasizes the psychological, religious, and cultural meanings of myth, presenting these with the intent of fostering a love of literature in students. Book jacket.
650 0 $aMythology.
700 1 $aMcClure, Michael,$d1950-
776 08 $iOnline version:$aLeonard, Scott A., 1958-$tMyth and knowing.$dBoston : McGraw-Hill, ©2004$w(OCoLC)624787722
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