World mythology : a very short introduction / David A. Leeming.
Series: Very short introductionsPublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: xx, 138 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 18 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0197548261
- 9780197548264
- 201/.3 23/eng/20220611
- BL312 .L443 2022
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-119) and index.
1. Deity -- 2. Creation -- 3. The flood -- 4. The trickster -- 5. The hero -- World mythology and cultural myths.
"This book treats myths from all parts of the word, first from a cultural and then from a more comparative perspective. How do myths of the ancient Egyptians or Greeks, for instance, reflect the realities of the Egyptian and Greek cultures? When compared, how do they reveal certain universal themes or motifs that point to larger transcultural issues, such as the place of the human species in creation or the nature of deity as a concept? This book is organized around the universal or near universal motifs: deities, creation, the flood, the trickster, and the hero. Myths from Greek, Egyptian, Norse, Native American, African, Polynesian, Jewish, Christian, Hindu, and other cultures are retold and treated as reflections of the cultures that "dreamed" them and then are compared and discussed in such a way as to expose universal significance, creating a world mythology"-- Provided by publisher.