02255nam 2200565 a 450 991045268720332120200520144314.01-283-86316-20-19-976272-4(CKB)2550000000707403(EBL)1100071(OCoLC)823389649(SSID)ssj0000812099(PQKBManifestationID)12391154(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000812099(PQKBWorkID)10859152(PQKB)10134431(MiAaPQ)EBC1100071(Au-PeEL)EBL1100071(CaPaEBR)ebr10632077(CaONFJC)MIL417566(EXLCZ)99255000000070740319891030d1990 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe world of myth[electronic resource] /David Adams LeemingNew York Oxford University Press19901 online resource (379 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-507475-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. I. Cosmic myths -- pt. II. Myths of the gods -- pt. III. Hero myths -- pt. IV. Place and object myths.Hercules, Zeus, Thor, Gilgamesh--these are the figures that leap to mind when we think of myth. But to David Leeming, myths are more than stories of deities and fantastic beings from non-Christian cultures. Myth is at once the most particular and the most universal feature of civilization, representing common concerns that each society voices in its own idiom. Whether an Egyptian story of creation or the big-bang theory of modern physics, myth is metaphor, mirroring our deepest sense of ourselves in relation to existence itself. Now, in The World of Myth, Leeming provides a sweeping anthology MythMythologyElectronic books.Myth.Mythology.291.1/3Leeming David Adams1937-163262MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452687203321The world of myth1896238UNINA