01694nam 2200457 450 991013659210332120230808200040.01-4766-2575-1(CKB)3710000000907862(MiAaPQ)EBC4717499(EXLCZ)99371000000090786220161025h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe hero's quest and the cycles of nature an ecological interpretation of world mythology /Rachel S. McCoppinJefferson, North Carolina :McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,2016.©20161 online resource (232 pages)1-4766-6201-0 Includes bibliographical references and index."This examination of the heroic journey in world mythology casts the protagonist as a personification of nature--a "botanical hero"--who begins the quest in a metaphorical seed-like state, sprouting into strength to face a mythic underworld. A cyclical promise of continuous life is realized, in which no element fully disappears"--Provided by publisher.NatureMythologyHeroesMythologyHeroesMythologyNatureMythology.Heroes.Mythology.HeroesMythology.202/.13McCoppin Rachel S.1977-1246863MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910136592103321The hero's quest and the cycles of nature2890835UNINA