LEADER 02394nam 2200517 450 001 9910785222803321 005 20230721013606.0 010 $a1-282-87645-7 010 $a9786612876455 010 $a1-4411-8297-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000054525 035 $a(EBL)601724 035 $a(OCoLC)676697552 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC601724 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309694 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000054525 100 $a20180315h20092009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aTales of darkness $ethe mythology of evil /$fRobert Ellwood 210 1$aLondon, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cContinuum,$d2009. 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (171 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8264-3661-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: the abomination of desolation: introducing evil, and myth -- Defilement -- Evil people -- Space invaders -- The way things are -- Couldn't it have happened differently? -- Trickster's gameplan -- Traumatic initiations -- The hero's dragon -- Evil under analysis -- Laughter and wisdom -- Through death to life -- The hero victorious -- The meaning of war -- The end of days -- Summing up. 330 $aEvil, an undeniable yet inexplicable force in human existence, is often defined as that which ought not to be, yet is - so it must be destroyed, or contained, or lived with. Myths of evil function to universalize the human condition, to show the tension between the ideal and the real, to reveal but not allegorize that condition, and to go some way to assist humanity in understanding, combating and coping with evil within its societies. Tales of Darkness explores the causes of evil in myth, encompassing themes such as defilement, the figure of the trickster, evil people both within and outside 606 $aGood and evil 606 $aMythology 606 $aMyth 615 0$aGood and evil. 615 0$aMythology. 615 0$aMyth. 676 $a170 700 $aEllwood$b Robert S.$f1933-$0919567 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785222803321 996 $aTales of darkness$93732199 997 $aUNINA