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Critical Survey of Mythology and Folklore

Author : Thomas J. Sienkewicz
Publisher : Salem PressInc
ISBN 13 : 9781429837675
Total Pages : 607 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (376 download)

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Download or read book Critical Survey of Mythology and Folklore written by Thomas J. Sienkewicz and published by Salem PressInc. This book was released on 2013 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This new series by Salem Press explores the genre of myths, folktales, legends, and other traditional literature. The first title in the series, drawing upon the most dramatic and fantastical stories of human relations, is Love, Sexuality, and Desire. Each title offers familiar and unfamiliar myths, from a diverse range of countries and cultures, as well as important retellings in the modern tradition. Fairy tales, myths, legends and folktales written from 5000 B.C.E. to the modern era are covered. Those analyzed include Cupid & Psyche, Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere, Aphrodite and Adonis, Pyramus and Thisbe, Beauty and the Beast, Little Red Riding Hood, and The Snake Maiden. What's more, the countries and cultures from which these myths come are worldwide. Included are Greek, Mesopotamian, Iraqi, African, Roman, North American, Indian, Afghani, Japanese, European, South American, Serbian, Irish, Chinese, and Egyptian myths and folktales. Articles begin with a contextual overview of the important cultural and social currents surrounding the myth and the life of the author. A summary offers readers the major actions and characters in a myth followed by an in-depth analysis drawing upon scholarship in the field." -- Publisher's description.

Critical Survey of Mythology and Folklore

Author : Michael Shally-Jensen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781642653083
Total Pages : 959 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Critical Survey of Mythology and Folklore written by Michael Shally-Jensen and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 959 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set examines the stories associated with gods and goddesses: their relationships with each other and with human beings; their faults, foibles, strengths, and special powers. It offers explanations of how the gods and goddesses gifted humans with life, water, fire, music, and dance.

CRITICAL SURVEY OF MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789798891793
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (917 download)

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Download or read book CRITICAL SURVEY OF MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE written by and published by . This book was released on 2025 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

American Reference Books Annual

Author : Juneal M. Chenoweth
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440869146
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book American Reference Books Annual written by Juneal M. Chenoweth and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-06-24 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read professional, fair reviews by practicing academic, public, and school librarians and subject-area specialists that will enable you to make the best choices from among the latest reference resources. This newest edition of American Reference Books Annual (ARBA) provides librarians with insightful, critical reviews of print and electronic reference resources released or updated in 2017-2018, as well as some from 2019 that were received in time for review in the publication. By using this invaluable guide to consider both the positive and negative aspects of each resource, librarians can make informed decisions about which new reference resources are most appropriate for their collections and their patrons' needs. Collection development librarians who are working with limited budgets—as is the case in practically every library today—will be able to maximize the benefit from their monetary resources by selecting what they need most for their collection, while bypassing materials that bring limited value to their specific environment.

Heroes and Heroines

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Publisher : Salem Press
ISBN 13 : 9781619251816
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Heroes and Heroines written by and published by Salem Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores myths, folktales, legends, and other traditional literature featuring heroes.

Empires of the Imagination

Author : Alec Worley
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476611831
Total Pages : 698 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Empires of the Imagination written by Alec Worley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The warlocks and ghosts of fantasy film haunt our popular culture, but the genre has too long been ignored by critics. This comprehensive critical survey of fantasy cinema demonstrates that the fantasy genre amounts to more than escapism. Through a meticulously researched analysis of more than a century of fantasy pictures--from the seminal work of Georges Melies to Peter Jackson's recent tours of Middle-earth--the work identifies narrative strategies and their recurring components and studies patterns of challenge and return, setting and character. First addressing the difficult task of defining the genre, the work examines fantasy as a cultural force in both film and literature and explores its relation to science fiction, horror, and fairy tales. Fantasy's development is traced from the first days of film, with emphasis on how the evolving genre reflected such events as economic depression and war. Also considered is fantasy's expression of politics, as either the subject of satire or fuel for the fires of propaganda. Discussion ventures into the subgenres, from stories of invented lands inhabited by fantastic creatures to magical adventures set in the familiar world, and addresses clashes between fantasy and faith, such as the religious opposition to the Harry Potter phenomenon. From the money-making classics to little-known arthouse films, this richly illustrated work covers every aspect of fantasy film.

World Mythology

Author : David Seal
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725268027
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book World Mythology written by David Seal and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mythology and religious-studies teachers will appreciate World Mythology for its thematic approach, historical background information, commentary, and discussion questions provided for each myth from a range of geographic regions. For the same reasons, any reader interested in mythology will enjoy the contents and format of the book.

Creation Myths

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ISBN 13 : 9781637004524
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Creation Myths written by and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Stories of the creation of the universe attempt to make sense of the world and to give meaning to human life. Reflecting particular cultures, creation myths nevertheless exhibit universal elements. Legends from around the world ponder the most basic questions: Why are we here? Who are we? What is our place in the cosmos? Even as modern societies have moved away from literal belief, creation myths still illuminate profound cultural truths. The influence of shared mythological belief systems, whether conscious or not, is still a deep current running through civilization that can unite or divide. These primal stories have been the inspiration for countless works of art, drama, music, and literature throughout the ages and are still studied by scholars and in the classroom as a way to examine modern life and cultural history. Articles focus on archetypal creation myths that reflect the profound wrestling of civilizations around the world with the most important facets of human existence. Mythological subjects covered in this two-volume set include: African Mandé creation myth, Serer creation myth, and stories of Olódúmaré and Unkulunkulu ; Greek cosmological myths from the Theogony and the Roman creation legend of the twins Romulus and Remus ; Mayan legend of Kukulkán and Tepeu and the Incan legend of Viracocha ; Finnish creation myth of Väinämöinen ; Norse & Celtic legends of the Voluspá and the LeborGabálaÉrenn ; Near East legend of EnūmaEliš and the Atra-Hasis Epic ; Far East Chinese myth of Pangu and the Ainu creation myth of Japan ; Native American Raven Tales and the creation myths of the Cherokee corn mother Selu, Ha-wen-ni-yu of the Iroquois, the Hopi sun spirit Tawa, and Awonawilona of the Zuni ; Egyptian writings on the Ogdoad, Atum, Ptah, and Amun ; Indian stories of Brahma and Purusha ; Pacific legends of the Kumulipo of the Hawaiian region and the Māori Rangi and Papa. The content is arranged by region and myth cycle. Regions covered include: Africa; the Americas; Egypt; Norse, Celts & Europe; the Far East; Greece; India & Central Asia; the Near East; the Pacific; and the Roman World. Each regional section begins with a number of Overview essays that discuss the literature, mythology, and art of the region." --

Classical Mythology: A Very Short Introduction

Author : Helen Morales
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0192804766
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book Classical Mythology: A Very Short Introduction written by Helen Morales and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007-08-23 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Zeus to Europa, to Pan and Prometheus, the myths of ancient Greece and Rome continue to pervade the numerous facets of our existence. The author explores the rich history and varying interpretations of classical myth in both high art and popular culture as well as its ongoing influence in modern society.

Orpheus and the Roots of Platonism

Author : Algis Uždavinys
Publisher : The Matheson Trust
ISBN 13 : 1908092076
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Orpheus and the Roots of Platonism written by Algis Uždavinys and published by The Matheson Trust. This book was released on 2011 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book on the religious, mystic origins and substance of philosophy. This is a critical survey of ancient and modern sources and of scholarly works dealing with Orpheus and everything related to this major figure of ancient Greek myth, religion and philosophy. Here poetic madness meets religious initiation and Platonic philosophy. This book contains fascinating insights into the usually downplaid relations between Egyptian initiation, Greek mysteries and Plato's philosophy and followers, right into Hellenistic Neoplatonic and Hermetic developments.

James Joyce

Author : Albert Wachtel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781429838344
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (383 download)

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Download or read book James Joyce written by Albert Wachtel and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Albert Wachtel is a professor of creative studies and literature at the Claremont Colleges' Pitzer College and the Claremont Graduate University. He also edited and contributed to Critical Insights: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. His academic honors include three years as National Defense Education Act Fellow, the Creative Arts Institute fellowship, two National Endowment for the Humanities grants, and an appointment as a Danforth Associate. Wachtel is the author of The Cracked Lookingglass: James Joyce and the Nightmare of History (1992) and lie coedited Modernism: Challenges and Perspectives (1986). He has been published in five genres. His essays and stones have appeared in major journals, magazines, and newspapers, including tire Gettysburg Review, the Grain, the James Joyce Quarterly, the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Midstream, Moment Magazine, the Southern Review and Spectrum, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Wall Street Journal. Among the essays in this volume: "Showers of Atoms: Joyce's Theories of Literature in Context" by Tara Prescott "Finnegans Wake: Joyce's Find Gift" by Edmund L. Epstein "How to Deconstruct Joyce: Epiphany and the Woman in the Sea in J4 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Alan" by Peter Wagner Book jacket.

The Archetype of the Dying and Rising God in World Mythology

Author : Paul Rovang
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1666917095
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book The Archetype of the Dying and Rising God in World Mythology written by Paul Rovang and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-01-15 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the author analyzes myths from around the world to argue for the existence of a dying and rising god archetype. In the process, he draws out interpretive implications of the myths for not only myth studies per se, but also studies in religion, literature, and psychology.

American Heroes

Author : D. Alan Dean
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781642653618
Total Pages : 960 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (536 download)

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Download or read book American Heroes written by D. Alan Dean and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Life Under the Baobab Tree

Author : Kenneth N. Ngwa
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 1531502997
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Life Under the Baobab Tree written by Kenneth N. Ngwa and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life Under the Baobab Tree: Africana Studies and Religion in a Transitional Age is a compendium of innovating essays meticulously written by early and later diaspora people of African descent. Their speech arises from the depth of their experiences under the Baobab tree and offers to the world voices of resilience, newness/resurrection, hope, and life. Resolutely journeying on the trails of their ancestors, they speak about setbacks and forward-looking movements of liberation, social transformation, and community formation. The volume is a carefully woven conversation of intellectual substance and structure across time, space, and spirituality that is quintessentially “Africana” in its centering of methodological, theoretical, epistemological, and hermeneutical complexity that assumes nonlinear and dialogical approaches to developing liberating epistemologies in the face of imperialism, colonialism, racism, and religious intolerance. A critical part of this conversation is a reconceptualization and reconfiguration of the concept of religion in its colonial and imperial forms. Life Under the Baobab Tree examines how Africana peoples understand their corporate experiences of the divine not as “religion” apart from its intimate connections to social realities of communal health, economics, culture, politics, environment, violence, war, and dynamic community belonging. To that end Afro-Pessimistic formulations of life placed in dialogic relation Afro-Optimism. Both realities constitute life under the Baobab tree and represent the sturdiness and variation that anchors the deep ruptures that have affected Africana life and the creative responses. The metaphor and substance of the tree resists reductionist, essentialist, and assured conclusions about the nature of diasporic lived experiences, both within the continent of Africa and in the African Diaspora.

Gender, Sex & Sexuality

Author : Margaret Sönser Breen
Publisher : Salem Press
ISBN 13 : 9781619254039
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Gender, Sex & Sexuality written by Margaret Sönser Breen and published by Salem Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a variety of new essays on the themes of gender, sex, and sexuality.

Race and Rhyme

Author : Love Lazarus Sechrest
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467465372
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (674 download)

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Download or read book Race and Rhyme written by Love Lazarus Sechrest and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading womanist biblical scholar reads passages from the New Testament in dialogue with modern-day issues of racial justice. The narratives and letters of the New Testament emerged from a particular set of historical contexts that differ from today’s, but they resonate with us because of how the issues they raise “rhyme” with subjects of contemporary relevance. Listening for these echoes of the present in the past, Love Sechrest utilizes her cultural experience and her perspective as a Black woman scholar to reassess passages in the New Testament that deal with intergroup conflict, ethnoracial tension, and power dynamics between dominant and minoritized groups. After providing an overview of womanist biblical interpretation and related terminology, Sechrest utilizes an approach she calls “associative hermeneutics” to place select New Testament texts in dialogue with modern-day issues of racial justice. Topics include: antiracist allyship and Jesus’s interaction with marginalized individuals in the Gospel of Matthew cultural assimilation and Jesus’s teachings about family and acceptance in the Gospel of Luke gendered stereotypes and the story of the Samaritan woman in the Gospel of John the experience of Black women and girls in the American criminal justice system and the woman accused of adultery in the Gospel of John group identity and the incorporation of Gentiles into the early Jesus movement in Acts privilege and Paul’s claims to apostolic authority in 2 Corinthians coalition-building between diverse groups and the discussion of unity in Ephesians government’s role in providing social welfare and early Christians’ relationship to the Roman Empire in Romans and Revelation Through these creative and illuminating connections, Sechrest offers a rich bounty of new insights from Scripture—drawing out matters of justice and human dignity that spoke to early Christians and can speak still to Christians willing to listen today.

How to Read a Folktale

Author : Lee Haring
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1909254053
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book How to Read a Folktale written by Lee Haring and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Read a Folktale offers the first English translation of Ibonia, a spellbinding tale of old Madagascar. Ibonia is a folktale on epic scale. Much of its plot sounds familiar: a powerful royal hero attempts to rescue his betrothed from an evil adversary and, after a series of tests and duels, he and his lover are joyfully united with a marriage that affirms the royal lineage. These fairytale elements link Ibonia with European folktales, but the tale is still very much a product of Madagascar. It contains African-style praise poetry for the hero; it presents Indonesian-style riddles and poems; and it inflates the form of folktale into epic proportions. Recorded when the Malagasy people were experiencing European contact for the first time, Ibonia proclaims the power of the ancestors against the foreigner. Through Ibonia, Lee Haring expertly helps readers to understand the very nature of folktales. His definitive translation, originally published in 1994, has now been fully revised to emphasize its poetic qualities, while his new introduction and detailed notes give insight into the fascinating imagination and symbols of the Malagasy. Haring’s research connects this exotic narrative with fundamental questions not only of anthropology but also of literary criticism.