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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777800203321

Autore

Leeming David Adams <1937->

Titolo

Mythology : the voyage of the hero / / David Adams Leeming

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1998

ISBN

0-19-772536-8

1-280-52998-9

0-19-802810-5

1-4294-1581-9

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 pages)

Disciplina

291.1/3

Soggetti

Heroes - Mythology

Mythology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-264) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Meaning of Myth; Part 1. THE MIRACULOUS CONCEPTION AND BIRTH AND THE HIDING OF THE CHILD; Part 2. CHILDHOOD, INITIATION, AND DIVINE SIGNS; Part 3. PREPARATION, MEDITATION, WITHDRAWAL, AND REFUSAL; Part 4. TRIAL AND QUEST; Part 5. DEATH AND THE SCAPEGOAT; Part 6. THE DESCENT TO THE UNDERWORLD; Part 7. RESURRECTION AND REBIRTH; Part 8. ASCENSION, APOTHEOSIS, AND ATONEMENT; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Third revised edition, previously published in 1973 by Harper Collins, of a collection of texts stressing the universal themes of mythology. They range from the Bible to English literature, to C Jung and others, to illustrate the archetypal aspects of the universal hero. This edition includes heroine myths and an updated bibliography.