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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Myth and Cosmos written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bruce Lincoln
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780674864283
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (642 download)
Download or read book Myth, Cosmos, and Society written by Bruce Lincoln and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Lundwall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692505786
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Mythos and Cosmos written by John Lundwall and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-17 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bold new approach to myth studies, Mythos and Cosmos reexamines ancient myth through the template of oral thinking and oral cosmology. Contradicting decades of assumptions about the purpose and function of ancient mythology, Lundwall defines myth as "the oral imprinting press of pre-literate peoples" and shows that myth belongs to a complex and rational method of information transmission amongst oral peoples. Further, ancient mythology belonged to a cultus which incorporated ritual and symbol in a cosmological system which sought to found the sacred world.Where this work really shines is in its discussion of how ancient oral peoples saw their universe. Oral cosmology is far more complex than the simple "flat-earth" models discussed in current textbooks. Such myth cycles as the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Labors of Heracles, and the story of the Great Flood are seen completely differently when viewed from within ancient cosmological thought. Many strange features of ancient culture, such as the dancing chorus in Greek theater, are explained in rational and revolutionary ways. The pyramids, ziggurats, and megalithic-henges are also seen in a new light.While academic, the book is written for a general audience. It is a fascinating exploration in ancient history, comparative myth and religious studies, and the ancient mind.
Author : Anthony Aveni
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307816540
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Conversing with the Planets written by Anthony Aveni and published by Crown. This book was released on 2012-05-09 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning professor takes readers on a guided tour of the stunning celestial discoveries of past cultures. Interweaving the astronomy, mythology, and anthropology of ancient peoples, Aveni shows how to discover the harmony between their beliefs and their study of the sky through naked-eye observations. From CHAPTER ONE: "My tales of Venus and Mars, squash and corn, are designed to entice the reader away from some of the widely held notions about the discovery and exploration of nature that are ingrained in modern culture. I want us to walk some worthwhile paths that are not so well trod."
Author : Helge Kragh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199209162
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)
Download or read book Conceptions of Cosmos written by Helge Kragh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a historical account of how natural philosophers and scientists have endeavoured to understand the universe at large, first in a mythical and later in a scientific context. Starting with the creation stories of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, the book covers all the major events in theoretical and observational cosmology, from Aristotle's cosmos over the Copernican revolution to the discovery of the accelerating universe in the late 1990s. It presents cosmology as asubject including scientific as well as non-scientific dimensions, and tells the story of how it developed into a true science of the heavens. Contrary to most other books in the history of cosmology, it offers an integrated account of the development with emphasis on the modern Einsteinian andpost-Einsteinian period. Starting in the pre-literary era, it carries the story onwards to the early years of the 21st century.
Author : John Middleton
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Myth and Cosmos written by John Middleton and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: p.65-73; Lists Murngin among tribes from many countries having descent rules & incest mysths, mythical parent-child incest breaks descent rules, Murngin taboo on brothers kill; p.91; Quotes Roheim on symbolism of hair rituals.
Author : John Lundwall
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781973858140
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (581 download)
Download or read book Cosmos and Logos written by John Lundwall and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cosmos and Logos seeks to be a serious plain-written platform for reinvigorating seminal ideas of our cultural heritage. This journal is dedicated to what unites the human race---out sacred stories, rituals, creative imaginations, and religious cosmo-visions. In this issue you will discover beautiful archetypal art, essays on comparative myth and culture, psychological analyses on Christan birth and death narratives, an exploration of the Sufi path, poetry and lyrics, as well as archetypal analyses in cinema.
Author : David Adams Leeming
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ISBN 13 : 9780195102758
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (27 download)
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:
Author : Sarah Allan
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791494497
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)
Download or read book The Shape of the Turtle written by Sarah Allan and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1991-02-21 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Chinese philosophic concepts derive from an ancient cosmology. This work is the first reconstructions of the mythic thought of the Shang Dynasty (ca. 1700- 1100 B.C.) which laid the foundation for later Chinese patterns of thought. Allan regards the myth, cosmology, divination, sacrificial ritual, and art of the Shang as different manifestations of a common religious system and each is examined in turn, building up a coherent and consistent picture. Although primarily concerned with the Shang, this work also describes the manner in which Shang thought was transformed in the later textual tradition.
Author : Mircea Eliade
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Download or read book The Myth of the Eternal Return, Or, Cosmos and History written by Mircea Eliade and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Lundwall
Publisher : C&l Press
ISBN 13 : 9780692492307
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (923 download)
Download or read book Cosmos and Logos written by John Lundwall and published by C&l Press. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The August 2015 issue of Cosmos and Logos: Journal of Myth, Religion, and Folklore, contains articles on the cosmic aspects of the divine feminine, Balinese culture, art, and myth, Ovid's mytho-poetic and playful style, Buddhist influence in Tolkien, reflections on Noah's flood and fundamentalism, an examination of Medusa in art and culture, and a discussion of the alchemical aspects of the psyche.
Author : Mircea Eliade
Publisher : Bollingen
ISBN 13 : 9780691017778
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (177 download)
Download or read book The Myth of the Eternal Return written by Mircea Eliade and published by Bollingen. This book was released on 1971 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essay on humanity's experience of history and its interpretation begins with a study of the traditional or mythological view and concludes with a comparative estimate of modern historiological approaches.
Author : Mircea Eliade
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691238324
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book The Myth of the Eternal Return written by Mircea Eliade and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in English in 1954, this founding work of the history of religions secured the North American reputation of the Romanian émigré-scholar Mircea Eliade. Making reference to an astonishing number of cultures and drawing on scholarship published in no fewer than half a dozen European languages, The Myth of the Eternal Return illuminates the religious beliefs and rituals of a wide variety of archaic religious cultures. While acknowledging that a return to their practices is impossible, Eliade passionately insists on the value of understanding their views to enrich the contemporary imagination of what it is to be human. This book includes an introduction from Jonathan Z. Smith that provides essential context and encourages readers to engage in an informed way with this classic text.
Author : Stefan Stenudd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789178940455
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Cosmos of the Ancients. the Greek Philosophers on Myth and Cosmology written by Stefan Stenudd and published by . This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greek philosophers lived in a time when the gods and the myths about them were very much alive, and there was no scientific evidence dismissing them. This book explores to what extent the Greeks were able to question their own mythology. This is done by examining the cosmology of their philosophers, and what roles they allowed therein for the gods. Stefan Stenudd is a Swedish author and historian of ideas, who specializes on studies of the patterns of thought in creation myths.
Author : Harry Lee Poe
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830839542
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)
Download or read book God and the Cosmos written by Harry Lee Poe and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2012-02-16 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theologian Harry Lee Poe and chemist Jimmy H. Davis argue that God's interaction with our world is a possibility affirmed equally by the Bible and the contemporary scientific record. Rather than confirming that the cosmos is closed to the actions of the divine, advancing scientific knowledge seems to indicate that the nature of the universe is actually open to the unique type of divine activity portrayed in the Bible.
Author : Jean-Pierre Vernant
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 9781861973993
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (739 download)
Download or read book The Universe, the Gods, and Mortals written by Jean-Pierre Vernant and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this engrossing retelling of Greek myth, Jean-Pierre Vernant combines his profound knowledge of the subject with brilliant and original story-telling. Beginning with the creation of Earth out of Chaos, Vernant continues with the castration of Uranus, the war between the Titans and the gods of Olympus, the wily ruses of Prometheus and Zeus, and the creation of Pandora, the first woman. His narrative takes us from the Trojan War to the voyage of Odysseus, from the story of Dionysus to the terrible destiny of Oedipus and to Perseus's confrontation with the Gorgons. Jean-Pierre Vernant has devoted himself to the study of Greek mythology. In recounting these tales, he unravels for us their multiple meanings and brings to life cherished figures of legend whose stories lie at the origin of our civilization.
Author : Anthony F. Aveni
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780870816734
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (167 download)
Download or read book Conversing with the Planets written by Anthony F. Aveni and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and updated, Conversing With The Planets interweaves astronomy, mythology, and anthropology to explore what the universe means to us and what it meant to our ancestors. Aveni also deftly illustrates the influence of our culture and beliefs on the path of scientific discovery, tracing the rise and fall of astronomy as blown by the prevailing winds of religious, philosophical, and political change.
