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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.

Creation Myths

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Publisher :
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." --

Critical Survey of Mythology and Folklore

Author : Michael Shally-Jensen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781642651164
Total Pages : 1049 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (511 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 2018 with total page 1049 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 524 essays detail gods and goddess from around the globe, examining the stories associated with gods and goddesses: their relationships with each other and with human beings; their faults, foibles, strengths, and special powers.

Critical Survey of Mythology and Folklore

Author : Robert C. Evans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781637004494
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Critical Survey of Mythology and Folklore written by Robert C. Evans and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on famous clashes and renowned heroes and heroines in folklore and mythology, discussing well-known battle myths from Greece, ancient Rome, and Northern and Celtic Europe as well as myths from sub-Saharan Africa, Native North America, East Asia, the Near East, Oceana, India, Central and South America and Eastern Europe.

World Mythology

Author : Salem Press
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781619251823
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book World Mythology written by Salem Press and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a collection of 213 essays on traditional literature from a broad range of regions and cultures in the world.

CRITICAL SURVEY OF MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE

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ISBN 13 : 9781637004487
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book CRITICAL SURVEY OF MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE written by and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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.

Creation Myths

Author : Michael Shally-Jensen
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ISBN 13 : 9781637004531
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Creation Myths written by Michael Shally-Jensen and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on stories about the origin of the cosmos and of human life, with more than 400 entries divided into Myths and Stories, Gods and Goddesses, and Selected Sources and Authors.

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.

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.

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.

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.

An Introduction to the Science of Comparative Mythology and Folklore

Author : George W. Cox
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781494134266
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to the Science of Comparative Mythology and Folklore written by George W. Cox and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1883 Edition.

Plants in Children’s and Young Adult Literature

Author : Melanie Duckworth
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000469182
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Plants in Children’s and Young Adult Literature written by Melanie Duckworth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the forests of the tales of the Brothers Grimm to Enid Blyton’s The Faraway Tree, from the flowers of Cicely May Barker’s fairies to the treehouse in Andy Griffith and Terry Denton’s popular 13-Storey Treehouse series, trees and other plants have been enduring features of stories for children and young adults. Plants act as gateways to other worlds, as liminal spaces, as markers of permanence and change, and as metonyms of childhood and adolescence. This anthology is the first compilation devoted entirely to analysis of the representation of plants in children’s and young adult literatures, reflecting the recent surge of interest in cultural plant studies within the environmental humanities. Mapping out and presenting an internationally inclusive view of plant representation in texts for children and young adults, the volume includes contributions examining European, American, Australian, and Asian literatures and contributes to the research fields of ecocriticism, critical plant studies, and the study of children’s and young adult literatures.

Feminine Journeys of the Mahabharata

Author : Lavanya Vemsani
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030731650
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Feminine Journeys of the Mahabharata written by Lavanya Vemsani and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-21 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mahabharata preserves powerful journeys of women recognized as the feminine divine and the feminine heroic in the larger culture of India. Each journey upholds the unique aspects of women's life. This book analytically examines the narratives of eleven women from the Mahabharata in the historical context as well as in association with religious and cultural practices. Lavanya Vemsani brings together history, myth, religion, and practice to arrive at a comprehensive understanding of the history of Hindu women, as well as their significance within religious Indian culture. Additionally, Vemsani provides important perspective for understanding the enduring legacy of these women in popular culture and modern society.

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.