LEADER 03156nam 22005535 450 001 9910420927703321 005 20250609110707.0 010 $a9783030469160 010 $a3030469166 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-46916-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000011363853 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6274723 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-46916-0 035 $a(Perlego)3481671 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6273849 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011363853 100 $a20200730d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Mythology of America's Seasonal Holidays $eThe Dance of the Horae /$fby Arthur George 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (326 pages) $cillustrations 311 08$a9783030469153 311 08$a3030469158 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction: Why We Have Holidays -- 2. New Year's Day: Creation Renewed and Re-lived -- 3. Groundhog Day: Prophecy, Rebirth, and Renewal -- 4. Valentine's Day: How a Saint Became Eros 5. Unmasking Carnival -- 6. Easter and Our Resurrection -- 7. May Day: Beltane Fires and the May Queen-Goddess -- 8. National Myth: The Goddess Behind America's Independence Day -- 9. Halloween: Eve of Transformation -- 10. Thanksgiving: Our American Mythmaking in Action -- 11. Christmas: New Beginnings and the Birth of the Divine Child-Hero. 330 $aEvery year we celebrate a cycle of seasonal holidays. The ancient Greeks called this cycle "The Dance of the Horae," after the mythical divinities who represented the seasons. What myths sit at the foundation of our own holiday celebrations? This interdisciplinary book explores the myths and symbols that underlie our major seasonal holidays and give them their meaning. Arthur George also shows how America's own mythmaking has shaped some holidays. This mythological approach reveals how and why holidays arose in the first place, how and why they have changed over the centuries, why they have remained important, and finally how we can celebrate them today in a more meaningful manner that can enrich our lives and better our society. George devotes particular attention to the depth psychological aspects of holidays and their corresponding myths, as well as to the insights of modern biblical scholarship for key holidays such as Easter and Christmas. 606 $aChristianity 606 $aCulture 606 $aChristianity 606 $aGlobal and International Culture 615 0$aChristianity. 615 0$aCulture. 615 14$aChristianity. 615 24$aGlobal and International Culture. 676 $a394.26973 676 $a200 700 $aGeorge$b Arthur$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0972606 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910420927703321 996 $aThe Mythology of America's Seasonal Holidays$92212251 997 $aUNINA