The World of Myth: An Anthology

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Building on the best-selling tradition of previous editions, The World of Myth, Fourth Edition, offers a uniquely comprehensive collection of myths from numerous cultures around the globe. Featuring a thematic organization, it helps students understand world mythology as a metaphor for humanity's search for meaning in a complex world. Author David Leeming provides a sweeping anthology of myths, ranging from ancient Egypt and Greece to the Polynesian islands and modern science. Students will be captivated by stories of great floods from the ancient Babylonians, Hebrews, Chinese, and Mayans; tales of apocalypse from India, the Norse, Christianity, and modern science; and myths of the mother goddess from Native American Hopi culture and James Lovelock's Gaia. Leeming has culled myths from Aztec, Greek, African, Australian Aboriginal, Caribbean, Japanese, Muslim, Hittite, Celtic, Chinese, and Persian cultures, offering one of the most wide-ranging collections of what he calls the "collective dreams of humanity."

Table of Contents:
Introduction: The Dimensions of Myth PART I: COSMIC MYTHS THE CREATION EGYPT: Ex Nihilo Beginnings POLYNESIA (MAORI): The Separation of the World Parents MESOPOTAMIA: Enuma Elish and the World Parent ISRAEL: Genesis and the Talmudic Lilith INDIA: The Sacred Words IRAN (PERSIA): Aryan and Zoroastrian CHINA: Cosmic Egg and Yin and Yang AFRICA (MALI): The Dogon Nummo Twins GREECE: Hesiod's Theogony ICELAND (NORSE): The World Parent of the Eddas NATIVE NORTH AMERICA (ONONDAGAN): Star Woman and Earth Divers MESO-AMERICA (AZTEC-MEXICA): Coatlicue, the World Mother AFRICA (BOSHONGO-BANTU): Bumba's Creation AUSTRALIA (ABORIGINE): The Djanggawuls NATIVE NORTH AMERICA (ACOMA): Goddesses and the Emergence DARWIN: Origins MODERN PHYSICS: The Big Bang THE FLOOD MESOPOTAMIA (SUMER-BABYLON): Utnapishtim's Flood ISRAEL: Noah's Flood IRAN (ZOROASTRIAN): Yima's Flood EGYPT: Hathor and the Blood and Beer Flood CHINA: Yü and the Flood INDIA: Manu and the Flood GREECE-ROME: Deucalion and Pyrrha and the Flood MESO-AMERICA (MAYAN): The Popol-Vuh Flood SOUTH AMERICA (INCAN): Viracocha and the Giants and the Flood MODERN SCIENCE: Climate Change and Rising Waters THE END OF THE WORLD: THE APOCALYPSE ASIA MINOR (CHRISTIAN): The Book of Revelation IRAN (ZOROASTRIAN): The Savior Saoshyant ARABIA (MUSLIM): End of the World INDIA: The End of the Kali Age NATIVE NORTH AMERICA (HOPI): Emergence to the Fifth World ICELAND (NORSE): Ragnarök MODERN PHYSICS: Entropy and Heat Death PART II: MYTHS OF THE GODS THE PANTHEONS MESOPOTAMIA (SUMER): Gods of the Elements EGYPT: Death and Resurrection INDIA: The Trimurti GREECE: Originators and Olympians ROME: The Renamed Olympians ICELAND (NORSE): The Aesir and the Vanir IRELAND AND WALES: The Family of Don and the Tuatha de Danann JAPAN: The Kami AFRICA (YORUBA): The Orishas NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN (HOPI): The Kachinas THE GOD AS ARCHETYPE The Supreme Being INDIA: Krishna-Vishnu as Brahman ISRAEL: Yahweh NATIVE SOUTH AMERICA (UITOTO): Nainema AFRICA (BUSHMAN): Mantis CARIBBEAN VOODOO: Bondye NATIVE NORTH AMERICA (CHEROKEE): Sun Goddess JAPAN: Amaterasu CENTRAL ASIA: Tengri and Others MODERN SCIENCE: Immanent Mind The Great Goddess IRELAND AND WALES: Danu-Don AUSTRALIA (ABORIGINE): Kunapipi AFRICA (YORUBA): Oshun NATIVE NORTH AMERICA (INUIT): Sedna NATIVE NORTH AMERICA (LAKOTA SIOUX): White Buffalo Woman MEXICO: Our Lady of Guadaloupe NATIVE SOUTH AMERICA (INCA): Pachamama INDIA: Devi MODERN SCIENCE: Gaia as Earth The Dying God MESOPOTAMIA (SUMER): Inanna (Ishtar) EGYPT: Osiris and Isis GREECE AND ROME: Adonis and Aphrodite ASIA MINOR (PHRYGIA): Attis GREECE: Dionysos ICELAND (NORSE): Odin NATIVE NORTH AMERICA (PENOBSCOT): Corn Mother AFRICA (MALOZI): Nyambe The Trickster MESOPOTAMIA (SUMER): Enki and the Me GREECE: Hermes Steals the Cattle GREECE: Prometheus INDIA: Krishna and the Gopis ICELAND (NORSE): Loki NATIVE NORTH AMERICA (MAIDA): Coyote CENTRAL ASIA: Erlik POLYNESIA (MAORI): Maui AFRICA (FON): Legba The Gods as Sexual Beings MESOPOTAMIA: Inanna and Dumuzi EGYPT: Horus and Set GREECE: Zeus and Company Zeus, Hera, and Tiresias Narcissus and Echo Hyacinth and Apollo, Zeus and Ganymede Zeus and Europa Zeus and Callisto JAPAN: Izanami and Izanagi PART III: HERO MYTHS NATIVE NORTH AMERICA (TEWA): Water Jar Boy GREECE: Theseus GREECE: Herakles (Hercules) and the Twelve Labors GREECE: Perseus and Medusa INDIA: The Buddha IRELAND: Cuchulainn IRELAND: Fionn GREECE: Antigone EUROPE: King Arthur EUROPE: Parcival and the Holy Grail GREECE: Jason and the Golden Fleece ROME: Aeneas ARABIA: Muhammad and the Night Journey AFRICA (KIKUYU): Wanjiru AFRICA (NYANGA): Mwindo INDONESIA (CERAM): Hainuwele INDIA: Rama and Sita INDIA: Draupadi MESOPOTAMIA: Gilgamesh GREECE AND ROME: Orpheus and Eurydice GREECE: Odysseus ISRAEL: Jesus IRAN: Zoroaster MESO-AMERICA (TOLTEC/AZTEC): Quetzalcoatl EUROPE: Mary GREECE: Alcestis ENGLAND: Beowulf CHINA AND JAPAN: Guanyin (Kannon) PART IV: PLACE AND OBJECT MYTHS The World of Afterlife EGYPT: Osiris GREECE AND ROME: Lands of the Dead The Mountain INDIA: Mount Meru ISRAEL: Mount Sinai The City GREECE AND ROME: Troy ISRAEL-PALESTINE: Jerusalem GREECE: Delphi The Genitals NATIVE NORTH AMERICA (APACHE): The Vagina Girls The Stone ASIA MINOR (PHRYGIA): The Agdos Rock AUSTRALIA (ABORIGINE): Erathipa IRELAND: The Giant's Causeway The Tree INDIA: The Cosmic Tree CHINA: Fusang ICELAND (NORSE): Yggdrasil The Garden, the Grove, and the Cave MESOPOTAMIA: Inanna's Garden ARABIA: Muhammad's Cave The Labyrinth GREECE: Daedalus and Icarus FRANCE: The Labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780197685150
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: An Anthology
  • Width: 165 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0197685153
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2024
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 296
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Weight: 521 gr


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