(eBook PDF) Introduction to Mythology: Contemporary Approaches to Classical and World Myths 4th Edition – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 0190262982
- ISBN-13 : 978-0190262983
- Author: Eva M. Thury, Margaret K. Devinney
Integrating original texts with explanations, interpretations, and theory, Introduction to Mythology: Contemporary Approaches to Classical and World Myths, Fourth Edition, introduces students to a wide range of myths drawn from sources all around the world and approached from various critical perspectives.
Table of contents:
PART I. INTRODUCTION TO STUDYING MYTH
1. What Is Myth?
2. Ways of Understanding Myth
PART 2. MYTHS OF CREATION AND DESTRUCTION
3. Greece: Hesiod
4. Rome: Ovid
5. The Bible: Genesis
6. Mesopotamia: Enuma Elish
7. Icelandic/Norse: Prose Edda
8. North America: Stories from the Zuni, Hopi, and Navajo (Southwest); and from the Iroquois League (Northeastern Woodlands)
9. Africa: Uganda and Nigeria
10. China: Nü Kwa, Kuan Yin, and Monkey
11. Mesoamerica:
12. Rome: Ovid (Flood)
13. The Bible: Genesis (Flood)
14. Icelandic/Norse: Prose Edd
PART 3. HEROESn AND TRICKSTERS
15. Theory: Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Dave Whomsley
16. Mesopotamia: The Epic of Gilgamesh
17. Applying Theory: A Lévi-Straussian Analysis of the Epic of Gilgamesh, G. S. Kirk
18. India: The Ramayana
19. Icelandic/Norse:
20. Arthurian Legend: The Holy Grail, Donna Lynne Rondolone
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