World Mythology
A Very Short Introduction
World Mythology: A Very Short Introduction is organized around universal motifs: Creation, the Flood, the Hero Quest, the Trickster/Culture Hero, the Pantheons, the High God, and the Great Goddess. David Leeming compares examples of each motif from a variety of cultures--Greek, Egyptian, Norse, American Indian, African, Polynesian, Jewish, Christian, Hindu--treating them as reflections of the cultures that dreamed them and exposing their universal significance, creating a world mythology.
Specificaties
ISBN/EAN | 9780197548264 |
Auteur | David A. (Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature Leeming |
Uitgever | Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V. |
Taal | Engels |
Uitvoering | Paperback / gebrocheerd |
Pagina's | 160 |
Lengte | 173.0 mm |
Breedte | 112.0 mm |