Mythology : the voyage of the hero / / David Adams Leeming
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| Autore: |
Leeming David Adams <1937->
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| Titolo: |
Mythology : the voyage of the hero / / David Adams Leeming
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1998 |
| Edizione: | 3rd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (289 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 291.1/3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Heroes - Mythology |
| Mythology | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Mythology |
| ISBN: | 0-19-772536-8 |
| 1-280-52998-9 | |
| 0-19-802810-5 | |
| 1-4294-1581-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777800203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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