Subtitle:
An anthology
Place of Publication:
New York, New York
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Copyright Date:
1990
ISBN / SBN / ISSN:
0195074750
Source:
Jim Davis
Media Type:
Print (Non-Serial)
Media Sub-type:
Book
LoC Call Number:
BL 311 .L328 1990
Accession Number:
081161
Keyword Subject Headings:
Cosmic myths, cosmology
Gods and goddess
Hero quests
Gods and goddess
Hero quests
User Notes:
Paperback, xvi + 362 pp. including bibliographical references and index.
Includes Western and non-Western myths
Contents:
Introduction: The dimensions of myth
Part I: Cosmic myths
The creation
The flood
The afterlife
The apocalypse
Part II: Myths of the gods
The pantheons
Gods, goddesses and lesser spirits
Part III: Hero myths
Part IV: Place and object myths
The mountain
The city
The temple
The genitals
The stone
The tree
The garden, the grove and the cave
The labyrinth
