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Author : Mircea Eliade
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (989 download)
Download or read book Gods, Goddesses, and Myths of Creation written by Mircea Eliade and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marshall Cavendish Corporation
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780761475590
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (755 download)
Download or read book Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology written by Marshall Cavendish Corporation and published by Cavendish Square Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains approximately 250 alphabetized entries on deities, concepts, practices, places, and objects related to the mythologies of cultures throughout history, including the ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Celts, Aztecs, Native Americans, Scandinavians, Africans, Chinese, and many others, and features color photos and sidebars.
Author : Aliki
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0064461890
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (644 download)
Download or read book The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus written by Aliki and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1997-01-31 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long, long ago in ancient Greece, people began telling wonderful stories to explain the mysteries of life. These myths featured gods and goddesses, mighty beings who look human but have amazing powers and live forever. Now you can meet these extraordinary characters and hear their legends, brought to life again by Aliki in this splendid, panoramic look at the amazing stories and characters of Greek legend. "[Will meet the] demand for basic information on the gods and goddesses at the primary level."—BL. "Aliki's fans will welcome her introduction to these famous Greeks."—SLJ. 1994 "Pick of the Lists" (ABA)
Author : Michael Shally-Jensen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781642653076
Total Pages : 959 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (53 download)
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: Many mythological traditions from around the world seek to explain the origins of the earth, human beings, and the forces of nature. 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. Nearly 220 essays detail gods and goddesses from around the globe: the Greek and Roman pantheon including Zeus, Neptune, Nike, and Aphrodite; Norse gods including Odin and Loki; Native American deities including Hunahpu and Xbalanque; and Egyptian gods and goddesses like Ra and Osiris.
Author : Michelle M. Houle
Publisher : Enslow Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780766014084
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Gods and Goddesses in Greek Mythology written by Michelle M. Houle and published by Enslow Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses various Greek myths, including creation stories and tales of principal gods and goddesses.
Author : Michelle M. Houle
Publisher : Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1464503680
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (645 download)
Download or read book Gods and Goddesses in Greek Mythology Rock! written by Michelle M. Houle and published by Enslow Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Read about the war between the Titans and the Olympians, Pandora's box, Demeter and Persephone, and six other myths"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Mircea Eliade
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780060621360
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (213 download)
Download or read book Gods, Goddesses, and Myths of Creation written by Mircea Eliade and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1974-01-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hesiodus
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781019396902
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (969 download)
Download or read book Hesiodi Theogonia written by Hesiodus and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hesiodi Theogonia is a poem by the ancient Greek poet Hesiod, which tells the story of the origin of the gods and the universe. This beautiful and evocative work is a masterpiece of ancient Greek literature and has had a profound impact on our understanding of mythology and religion. This edition, with its clear and accessible translation, is an essential addition to any library of classical texts. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : David Leeming
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780235380
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)
Download or read book The Goddess written by David Leeming and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For as long as we have sought god, we have found the goddess. Ruling over the imaginations of humankind’s earliest agricultural civilizations, she played a critical spiritual role as a keeper of nature’s fertile powers and an assurance of the next sustaining harvest. In The Goddess, David Leeming and Christopher Fee take us all the way back into prehistory, tracing the goddess across vast spans of time to tell the epic story of the transformation of belief and what it says about who we are. Leeming and Fee use the goddess to gaze into the lives and souls of the people who worshipped her. They chart the development of traditional Western gender roles through an understanding of the transformation of concepts of the Goddess from her earliest roots in India and Iran to her more familiar faces in Ireland and Iceland. They examine the subordination of the goddess to the god as human civilizations became mobile and began to look upon masculine deities for assurances of survival in movement and battle. And they show how, despite this history, the goddess has remained alive in our spiritual imaginations, in figures such as the Christian Virgin Mother and, in contemporary times, the new-age resurrection of figures such as Gaia. The Goddess explores this central aspect of ancient spiritual thought as a window into human history and the deepest roots of our beliefs.
Author : Don Nardo
Publisher : Referencepoint Press
ISBN 13 : 9781601529589
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (295 download)
Download or read book Creation Stories in Greek Mythology written by Don Nardo and published by Referencepoint Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like peoples throughout history, the ancient Greeks maintained largely fanciful stories about how the world, animals, and humans came to be. At the core of those tales were descriptions of the origins of the gods. Unlike many societies, which envisioned gods fashioning the universe, the Greeks held that the universe came first and gave birth to the gods.
Author : Christopher W. Blackwell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118053877
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Mythology For Dummies written by Christopher W. Blackwell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-21 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every culture and time has its myths. You might say that myths help us to understand people, since just like people they can be inspirational and beautiful, as well as cruel and violent. The main players in mythology are the original drama kings and queens — they hang themselves in shame, poke out their own eyes, rule cities, and marry their relatives — and the fun doesn’t stop there! If you want all the scoop on gods and goddesses, fates and furies, monsters and heroes from around the world, Mythology for Dummies is the Who’s Who of mythological figures that you can’t do without. It’s no secret that mythology can be confusing for anyone. From cultural hero Johnny Appleseed, to manly Odysseus, to femme fatale Aphrodite, and those pesky Cyclops running amuck on that faraway island, Mythology for Dummies covers all the bases, including information on: Greek mythology Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey Roman mythology Virgil’s Aeneid Beowulf Non-European mythology Also, this book will get you up to speed on the heavy stuff—like how mythology intersects with our lives, and explores the meaning of existence. Organized into chapters on specific topics, it breaks down the common types of myths and mythological figures, and offers plain-English explanations of how myths have appeared in cultures throughout the ages. You’ll find what you need to know on these topics and many more: What makes myths different from legends and fairy tales Greek creation myths and those really ancient Greek Gods The Olympian Gods (taller, younger, and better looking than you) The Greek goddesses (the fairest and the meanest of them all) Heroes — made, born, and re-born Mythological places from Elysium Fields, to Atlantis, and Xanadu Roman religion — how it was begged, borrowed, and stolen You’ll also enjoy helpful features like charts comparing major figures, and a tear-out tip-sheet with a timeline of world civilizations. Whether you want to dabble in the wonders of mythology or get serious, Mythology for Dummies will demystify the subject, and show you how important myths can be to a culture. You’ll never say, “It’s only a myth” again!
Author : Liv Albert
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1507215495
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Greek Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook written by Liv Albert and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes bibliographic references and index.
Author : Stephanie Dalley
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0199538360
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)
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.
Author : Samuel Noah Kramer
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725282895
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)
Download or read book Myths of Enki, The Crafty God written by Samuel Noah Kramer and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ambitious and well-researched study brings together for the first time translations of the ancient literature concerning the Sumerian god Enki, one of four gods and goddesses who comprised the highest level of the Sumerian pantheon. The very existence of these writings, which date from the Third Millennium B.C., was unknown until about 100 years ago, when their cuneiform script was deciphered. Since then, it has become apparent that Sumerian literature had a profound and enduring influence on both Biblical and classical Greek literature, and so on the literature of the western world as a whole. Kramer, one of the world's leading sumerologists, has prepared these translations from among the scores of works he has published over the last fifty years; John Maier provides a full interpretive framework that places the translations in their broader comparative cultural context. This rare collection will be of interest to students and scholars in a wide range of disciplines from Near Eastern and Biblical Studies to Mythology and Comparative Literature.
Author : Lucy Goodison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ancient Goddesses written by Lucy Goodison and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nurturing Earth Goddess, the Great Mother worshipped at the dawn of civilization—historical fact or consoling fiction? While Goddess mythologies proliferate and the public devours books by artists, psychotherapists, and enthusiastic amateurs, it is remarkable that those in the field of prehistory have remained largely silent. Did Goddess worship really exist? What actually remains from the earliest cultures, and what can it tell us? What can we learn about the early stages of human religion from the study of prehistoric carvings, pictures, pottery, figurines, and temples? In Ancient Goddesses, historians and archaeologists write accessibly about this intriguing and controversial topic for the first time. Considering a number of significant early civilizations—Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt; “Old Europe;” Early North West Europe; “Celtic” civilization; the Prehistoric Aegean; Malta; the Ancient Near East; Old Testament Israel; Çatalhöyük; and Archaic Greece—these experts review the most recent evidence so that readers can make up their own minds. Contributors include Ruth Tringham and Margaret Conkey, University of California, Berkeley; Lynn Meskell, New College, Oxford; Fekri Hassan, University College, London; Karel van der Toorn, University of Amsterdam; Joan Westenholz, Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem; Elizabeth Shee Twohig, University College, Cork; Caroline Malone, New Hall, Cambridge; Mary Voyatzis, University of Arizona; and Miranda Green, University of Wales College.
Author : Lewis Spence
Publisher : New York : AMS Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Popol Vuh written by Lewis Spence and published by New York : AMS Press. This book was released on 1908 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip Freund
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Myths of Creation written by Philip Freund and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of myths, religious beliefs, and scientific hypotheses on the origin and creation of the universe.
