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Book Synopsis Short Dictionary of Mythology by : P. G. Woodcock
Download or read book Short Dictionary of Mythology written by P. G. Woodcock and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise A-to-Z reference volume offers definitions and historical contexts for mythological characters and terms. With in-depth coverage of ancient Greek and Roman mythology, this concise yet comprehensive dictionary includes information on the mythological systems of Asia and Africa. Entries include gods, emperors, and other major figures, as well as lesser-known characters and archaic terminology. Legendary figures such as the Greek poet Homer and Alexander the Great are included alongside mythical characters such as Apollo, Pandora, and Medusa.
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology by : James MacKillop
Download or read book A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology written by James MacKillop and published by Oxford Reference Collection. This book was released on 2017-01-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format.A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology is a comprehensive and accessible survey of one of the world's richest mythological traditions. It covers the people, themes, concepts, places, and creatures of Celtic mythology, saga, legend, and folklore from both ancient pagan origins, and moderntraditions.
Book Synopsis The Youth's Dictionary of Mythology for Boys and Girls, Containing Brief and Accurate Accounts of the Gods and Goddesses of the Ancients by : Edward Sylvester Ellis
Download or read book The Youth's Dictionary of Mythology for Boys and Girls, Containing Brief and Accurate Accounts of the Gods and Goddesses of the Ancients written by Edward Sylvester Ellis and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of Mythology by : John Hendricks Bechtel
Download or read book A Dictionary of Mythology written by John Hendricks Bechtel and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses by : Michael Jordan
Download or read book Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses written by Michael Jordan and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents brief entries describing the gods and goddesses from the mythology and religion of a wide variety of cultures throughout history.
Book Synopsis The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion by : S. R. F. Price
Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion written by S. R. F. Price and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion offers a fully rounded and highly authoritative point of access to all aspects of ancient religious life and thought. Dr Simon Price and Dr Emily Kearns, area advisers for the third edition of the Oxford Classical Dictionary, have come together to select, revise, edit, and in some cases wholly recast, a large number of key entries from OCD to create this handy, accessible reference work on mythology and religion in the Graeco-Roman world. Bringing to the attention of a wider audience the authority and scholarly rigour of OCD, the Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion provides students, teachers, and general readers with an affordable comprehensive, and wide-ranging A-Z reference source. The Dictionary is unique in that in addition to Greek myths and Roman festivals it covers Greek and Roman religious places, monuments, religious personnel, divination, astrology, and magic, and also contains many entries on Judaism and Christianity in Greek and Roman times.
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of World Mythology by : Arthur Cotterell
Download or read book A Dictionary of World Mythology written by Arthur Cotterell and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology by : Robert Dean Craig
Download or read book Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology written by Robert Dean Craig and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1989-10-11 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prior to 1500 A.D. the Polynesians were the most widely spread people on earth, having settled an area of the Pacific, the Polynesian Triangle, twice the size of the United States. In this first reference guide to the mythology of these Vikings of the Pacific, Craig reviews Polynesian legends, stories, gods, goddesses, and heroes in hundreds of alphabetical entries that succinctly describe both characters and events. His wide-ranging and thorough introduction sets the subject in its geographic, historical, anthropological, and linguistic contexts, offering an illuminating overview of the origin of the Polynesians as a distinct people and tracing their voyages and settlements from Indonesia to Malaysia, Tonga, Samoa, the Marquesas, the various islands of eastern Polynesia, including Hawaii, Easter Island, and New Zealand. The introduction presents fascinating information on Polynesian navigational skills and the voyages themselves, as well as a chart that details the evolution of the thirty Polynesian languages and compares cognates from several of these languages. A simplified pronunciation guide and a selected list of Polynesian dictionaries and/or grammars are provided for those interested in pursuing the richness of the Polynesian languages. This introductory survey gives readers the necessary background to understand the origin, development, and dispersion of the myths throughout the Pacific basin. The Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology is the result of many years of research. The individual entries were gleaned from nearly 300 sources in English, German, French, and Polynesian languages with the majority extracted from a number of primary sources that date generally in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The printed source materials for this volume are fully described and listed by geographical group, including Maori, Cook Islands, Tahitian, Marquesan, Hawaiian, Samoan, and Tongan. General collections that retell the Polynesian stories are also surveyed. The entries are alphabetically arranged by major mythological figure; lesser characters can be located in the index. Short bibliographical citations--author, date, and page number--are included at the end of each main entry to direct readers to fuller information contained in the printed sources. An appendix provides valuable supplemental information on Polynesian gods and goddesses. This dictionary is sure to become a basic reference tool for libraries, students, and scholars of Pacific history and culture, as well as for courses in mythology, religion, and philosophy.
Book Synopsis The Dictionary of Classical Mythology by : John Edward Zimmerman
Download or read book The Dictionary of Classical Mythology written by John Edward Zimmerman and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1983-06-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 2,000 entries with simple, complete explanations of classical myths, heroes, authors, works, place names and symbols. And a bibliography of recommended translations of Greek and Latin prose and poetry. “A knowledge of classical mythology is indispensable in understanding and appreciating much of the great literature, sculpture, and painting of both the ancients and the moderns. Unless we know the marvelous stories of the deities and heroes of the ancients, their great literature and art as much later work down to the present day will remain unintelligible. Through the centuries from Chaucer, Spencer, Shakespeare, and Milton on, not only the major writers but also hundreds of lesser writers have retold the old tales or used them as a point of departure for new interpretations in terms of contemporary problems and psychology.”—From author’s Introduction
Book Synopsis Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore and Symbols by : Gertrude Jobes
Download or read book Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore and Symbols written by Gertrude Jobes and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1961 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timeless classic.
Book Synopsis Nelson's Biographical Dictionary. With a Short Dictionary of Mythology by : John GUNN (M.A., D.Sc.)
Download or read book Nelson's Biographical Dictionary. With a Short Dictionary of Mythology written by John GUNN (M.A., D.Sc.) and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of African Mythology by : Harold Scheub
Download or read book A Dictionary of African Mythology written by Harold Scheub and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of fascinating and revealing tales captures the sprawling diversity of African mythology. Four hundred alphabetically arranged entries touch on virtually every aspect of African religious belief, from Africa's great epic themes (dualistic gods, divine tricksters, creator gods, and heroes) to descriptions of major mythic systems (the Dogon, the Asante, and the San) and beyond. Scheub covers the entire continent, from the mouth of the Nile to the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, including North African as well as sub-Saharan cultures. His retellings provide information about the respective belief system, the main characters, and related stories or variants. Perhaps most important, Scheub emphasizes the role of mythmaker as storyteller--as a performer for an audience. He studies various techniques, from the rhythmic movements of a Zulu mythmaker's hands to the way a storyteller will play on the familiar context of other myths within her cultural context. An invaluable bridge to the richly diverse oral cultures of Africa, this collection uncovers a place where story and storyteller, tradition and performance, all merge.
Book Synopsis Dictionary of Mythology by : Bergen Evans
Download or read book Dictionary of Mythology written by Bergen Evans and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of Mythology by : John H. Bechtel
Download or read book A Dictionary of Mythology written by John H. Bechtel and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Dictionary of Mythology: Containing Short and Interesting Sketches of Characters Found in Grecian and Roman Mythology With All Proper Names Carefully Pronounced Festivals and Games. - Imposing festivals, some held annually others, more or less frequently, were celebrated in honor Of the various deities. These were mostly Of a religious character, but sometimes they degenerated into shameless orgies. These festivals were considered so im portant that during the time Of their celebration, even wars were suspended, and persons were permitted to pass unmolested through hostile territory. The most celebrated of the ancient games were the Olympian, the Pythian, the Nemean, and the Isthmian. The Olympian games, which were held on the plain of Olympia, and occurred every four years, were so important that time was reckoned by Olympiads as we reckon it by years. The Pythian games were held at Delphi, in honor Of Apollo, and occurred every four years. The N emean games occurred once in two years, and were celebrated in honor Of Hercules, In the forest Of N emea, near the place where he slew the Nemean lion. The Isthmian games were held in honor of Neptune, on the Isthmus Of Corinth every two years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of Creation Myths by : David Adams Leeming
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:
Book Synopsis Short Dictionary of Classical Word Origins by : Harry E. Wedeck
Download or read book Short Dictionary of Classical Word Origins written by Harry E. Wedeck and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1957-01-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether one reads only newspapers or nothing more serious than a short story or a novel—whatever one reads one is constantly running up against an allusion to the Ancient Classics of Greece and Rome and, in almost every intelligent sentence or statement, one is meeting words that are fully understandable only if one knows something of their Greek or Latin origins.
Book Synopsis DICTIONARY OF MYTHOLOGY by : JOHN H. BECHTEL
Download or read book DICTIONARY OF MYTHOLOGY written by JOHN H. BECHTEL and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
