| Description |
xxxvii, 360 pages : maps ; 28 cm. |
| Series |
Critical survey of mythology and folklore ; [3] |
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Critical survey of mythology and folklore.
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| Note |
A collection of 213 essays on traditional literature from a broad range of regions and cultures in the world. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-335) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The Americas. Mesoamerica. The Azteca / Micah Issitt -- The Aztec Creation Myth / Micah Issitt -- The Birth of the War God / Micah Issitt -- Cihuacóatl as Warrior / Jack Ewing -- The Creation of Music / Micah Issitt -- Hunahpú and Xbalanqué / Jack Ewing -- Legend of the Fifth Sun / Jack Ewing -- The Lords of Xibalba / Jack Ewing -- The Maya Creation Myth / Adam Berger, Michael P. Auerbach. |
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North America. The Fight with the Water Monster / Michael P. Auerbach -- George Washington: I Cannot Tell a Lie / Mason Locke Weems ; Ashleigh Imus -- The Girl Who Married a Gnome / Sally Driscoll -- How Jack O'Lanterns Came to Be / Zora Neale Hurston ; Patrick G. Cooper -- Iroquois Creation Story / Sally Driscoll -- John Henry: The Steel Driving Man / S.E. Schlosser ; Sally Driscoll -- La Llorona, Omen of Death / Micah Issitt -- The Legend of Joaquín Murrieta / Jack Ewing -- Legend of the Buffalo Dance / Mark S. Joy -- Ottawa Creation Story / Mark S. Joy -- Paíyatuma and the Maidens of the Corn / Michael P. Auerbach -- Raven Steals Daylight from the Sky / Sally Driscoll -- Sedna, Goddess of the Sea / Sally Driscoll -- Shaman Isaac Tens / R.C. Lutz -- Sioux Creation Story / Mark S. Joy -- Talk Concerning the First Beginning / Michael P. Auerbach -- Wunzh / Sally Driscoll. |
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South America. Amalivaca / John Pritchard -- The Boy Who Rose to the Sky / Adam Berger -- How Evils Befell Mankind / John Pritchard -- How the Jaguar Lost His Fire / John Pritchard -- The Men from the Sea / R.C. Lutz -- The Monkey's Exploit / Micah Issitt -- Origin of Living Creatures / Michael P. Auerbach -- The Rod of Gold / Adam Berger -- Uitoto Creation Story / Adam Berger -- Viracocha / Adam Berger -- A Young Man and the Star / John Pritchard. |
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The Pacific. Oceania. Birth of Sea and Land Life / R.C. Lutz -- Borah of Byamee / Patrick G. Cooper -- Bram-Bram-Bult / Patrick G. Cooper -- The Children of Heaven and Earth / Patrick G. Cooper -- Dream of Haumaka / R.C. Lutz -- Kahalaopuna, Princess of Manoa / Michael P. Auerbach -- Mataora's Visit to Hawaiki / Patrick G. Cooper -- The Polynesian Creation Myth / Michael P. Auerbach -- The Samoan Story of Creation / Michael P. Auerbach -- Seven Sisters / Patrick G. Cooper -- The Two Sorcerers / Patrick G. Cooper -- What Makes the Waves / Patrick G. Cooper. |
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Africa. Sub-Sahara Africa. The Daughter of Sun and Moon / Michael P. Auerbach -- The Gods Descend from Heaven / Michael P. Auerbach -- How Beasts and Serpents First Came into the World / Michael P. Auerbach -- The Sacrifice of Mórimi / Michael P. Auerbach -- The Slave Called the World / R.C. Lutz -- Thunder and Anansi / Michael P. Auerbach -- The Thunder Bride / Michael P. Auerbach. |
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Egypt. Amen-Ra, the God of Empire / T. Fleischmann -- The Battle of Horus and Set / Jack Ewing -- The Bentresh Stela / Haley Blum -- The Boat of Ra / Jack Ewing -- The Book of Thoth / T. Fleischmann -- The Egyptian Creation Myth / Michael P. Auerbach -- The Gods of Egypt / T. Fleischmann -- Horus and the City of Pe / T. Fleischmann -- Instruction of Amenemhet / Haley Blum -- Isis and the Seven Scorpions / T. Fleischmann -- The Island of Enchantment / Jack Ewing -- The Name of Ra / Haley Blum -- The Rise of Amen / Jack Ewing -- The Tale of Sinuhe / Haley Blum -- The Two Brothers / Jack Ewing -- The Victory of Sinuhe / Haley Blum. |
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Asia. West Asia. Ahura Mazda and the Battle between Good and Evil / John Pritchard -- The Baal Myth from Ugarit / R.C. Lutz -- The Burning Bush / Judy Johnson -- The Creation and Fall / Judy Johnson -- The Nursemaid of Rostam / R.C. Lutz -- Pharaoh's Dreams / T. Fleischmann -- Samson the Judge / T. Fleischmann -- The Story of Job / Judy Johnson -- The Tower of Babel / Ashleigh Imus. |
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Mesopotamia. Before All Befores / John Pritchard -- The Birth of the Great Gods and Goddesses / Michael P. Auerbach -- The Creation of Enkidu / R.C. Lutz -- The Death of Enkidu / T. Fleischmann -- The Death of Gilgameš / T. Fleischmann -- Enki and Ninhursaĝa / John Pritchard -- Enuma elish, the Babylonian Creation Myth / T. Fleischmann -- Etana, King of Kish / John Pritchard -- Inana and Šu-kale-tuda / Patrick G. Cooper -- Inana's Descent / Patrick G. Cooper -- The Journey of Nanna to Nippur / R.C. Lutz -- Marduk the Dragon Slayer / Michael P. Auerbach -- Nanna and Ningal / R.C. Lutz -- Ninurta and the Turtle /rMichael P. Auerbach -- The Sin of the God Zu / Sally Driscoll -- The Sumerian Creation of Humankind / John Pritchard -- The Theft of Destiny / Sally Driscoll -- Uta-Napishtim and the Deluge /rMichael P. Auerbach. |
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East Asia. The Adventures of Kintarō, the Golden Boy / R.C. Lutz -- The Casting of the Great Bell / R.C. Lutz -- Ch'ŏnjiwangbonp'uri / R.C. Lutz -- The Dragons / R.C. Lutz -- The Fairy Princess of Mount Ophir / R.C. Lutz -- The First People / R.C. Lutz -- Garuda / John Pritchard -- How a Man Got the Better of Two Foxes / R.C. Lutz -- In the Palace of the Sea God / R.C. Lutz -- The Island of Women / T. Fleischmann -- The Korean Cinderella / R.C. Lutz -- The Magic White Swan / R.C. Lutz -- The Magnanimous Girl / R.C. Lutz -- Origin of the Tiger / R.C. Lutz -- Pangu Creates the World / R.C. Lutz -- Prince Mountain and Princess Mountain / R.C. Lutz -- The Spirit of the Lotus Lily / R.C. Lutz -- Urashima Tarō / R.C. Lutz -- Water War / R.C. Lutz -- The Weaver Maiden and the Herdsman / Haley Blum -- Yinglong, the Winged Dragon / R.C. Lutz -- Yu Rebuilds the Earth / T. Fleischmann. |
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India. Brahmā the Creator / Adam Berger -- The Creation of the Ganges / Micah Issitt -- Damayantī's Choice / Adam Berger -- Draupadī / Adam Berger -- Durgā / Adam Berger -- Gotama's Attainment / Adam Berger -- The Heavenly Nymph and Her Mortal Husband / Adam Berger -- The Incarnations of Visnu / T. Fleischmann -- Matsya and the Great Flood / Adam Berger. |
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Europe. British Isles. Beowulf and the Battle with Grendel / G. Matthews -- The Birth of Bran / G. Matthews -- Childe Rowland / T. Fleischmann -- The Combat of Fer Díad and Cúchulainn / Patrick G. Cooper -- Culhwch and Olwen: Hunting the Twrch Trwyth / G. Matthews -- The Death of King Arthur / Sir Thomas Malory ; Theresa L. Stowell -- The Fisher King / Ashleigh Imus -- Havelok and Godard / Patrick G. Cooper -- King Arthur and Guinevere / Sir Thomas Malory ; Pegge Bochynski -- King Arthur's Round Table / Theresa L. Stowell -- The Legend of Tuan mac Carell / Patrick G. Cooper -- The Marriage of Sir Gawain / Ashleigh Imus -- The Mermaid / Theresa L. Stowell -- The Morrígu / Patrick G. Cooper -- Oisín's Mother / Patrick G. Cooper -- The Order of Scáthach / Patrick G. Cooper -- Sir Galahad and the Holy Grail / Pegge Bochynski -- Sir Gammer Vans / G. Matthews -- The Story of Saint Kenelm / Patrick G. Cooper -- The Story of the Young Cuckoo / Patrick G. Cooper. |
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Greco-Roman World. Achilles and the Stern Waters of Styx / Ashleigh Imus -- Apollo Establishes His Temple at Delphi / Ashleigh Imus -- Athena and the Birth of Erichthonius / T. Fleischmann -- Bellerophon and the Battle with Chimera / Michael P. Auerbach -- The Birth of Zeus / T. Fleischmann -- Cadmus Sowing the Dragon's Teeth / Ashleigh Imus -- Cronus and the Birth of the Cosmos / T. Fleischmann -- The Death of Ajax / Micah Issitt -- The Divine Loves of Zeus / T. Fleischmann -- Gaia and the Castration of Uranus / T. Fleischmann -- Helen of Troy / T. Fleischmann -- Hera and the Seduction of Zeus / T. Fleischmann -- Jove's Great Deluge / T. Fleischmann -- King Oedipus Is Revealed / T. Fleischmann -- The Line and the Cave / Plato ; Sally Driscoll -- The Love of Aphrodite and Anchises / Ashleigh Imus -- The Myth of Atlantis / T. Fleischmann -- The Myth of Er / Sally Driscoll -- Pandora and the Great Jar / Ashleigh Imus -- Prometheus and the Theft of Fire / T. Fleischmann -- The Prophecy of Paris / T. Fleischmann -- The Sack of Troy / Ashleigh Imus -- The Statue of Pygmalion / Ashleigh Imus -- The Twelfth Labor: Hercules and Cerberus / T. Fleischmann -- The Vengeance of Medea / Sally Driscoll -- Zeus and the Titan War / T. Fleischmann. |
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Norse World. The Aesir-Vanir War / Michael P. Auerbach -- Brynhildr, the Norse Valkyrie / Michael P. Auerbach -- Freya's Necklace / John Pritchard -- How Thor Fought the Giant Hrungnir / John Pritchard -- Loki and the Dwarfs / T. Fleischmann -- Loki Bound / Michael P. Auerbach -- The Nine Worlds of the Norse / Michael P. Auerbach -- The Norse Creation of the Cosmos / T. Fleischmann -- Odin's Discovery of the Runes / T. Fleischmann -- The Otter's Ransom / Michael P. Auerbach -- Ragnarok / T. Fleischmann -- The Theft of Mjölnir / Michael P. Auerbach. |
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Western Europe. The Death of Roland / Patrick G. Cooper -- Diamonds and Toads / Patrick G. Cooper -- El Cid / Patrick G. Cooper -- The Emperor's New Clothes / Ashleigh Imus -- The Enchanted Maiden / R.C. Lutz -- The Gingerbread Man / Peter Christen Asbjornsen ; Theresa L. Stowell -- Hop o' My Thumb / Charles Perrault ; Patrick G. Cooper -- Little Red Cap Theresa L. Stowell -- Petrosinella Theresa L. Stowell -- Princess Belle-Étoile / Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy ; R.C. Lutz -- Princess Rosette / Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy ; / Michael P. Auerbach -- Snow-White and Rose-Red / Andrew Lang ; Ashleigh Imus -- Thumbelina / Hans Christian Andersen ; Ashleigh Imus. |
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Central and Eastern Europe. Baba Yaga / Verra Xenophontovna Kalamatiano de Blumenthal ; Ashleigh Imus -- The Boys with the Golden Stars / Andrew Lang ; Patrick G. Cooper -- Cinderella / Konstantin Pavlov ; John Pritchard -- The Dragon and the Prince / Patrick G. Cooper -- Father Frost / Verra Xenophontovna Kalamatiano de Blumenthal ; Theresa L. Stowell -- The Feather of Finist the Falcon / Alexander Afanasyev ; Patrick G. Cooper -- The Firebird, the Horse of Power, and the Princess Vasilissa / Patrick G. Cooper -- Ilya Muromets and the Dragon / Alexander Afanasyev ; Patrick G. Cooper -- King Kojata / Andrew Lang ; Patrick G. Cooper -- The Lime Tree / Patrick G. Cooper -- Prince Bayaya / Bozena Nemcova ; R.C. Lutz -- Princess Miranda and Prince Hero / Patrick G. Cooper. |
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Appendices. Mythology in the Classroom -- Lesson Plan -- Time Line -- Guide to Online Resources. |
| Summary |
"The Critical Survey of Mythology and Folklore presents articles on myths, folktales, legends, and other traditional literature. Drawing upon the most widely-read literature, this volume covers a diverse range of authors, countries, and cultures. Articles begin with a summary that offers readers the major actions and characters in the tale followed by an analysis of the important cultural and social interpretations of the author and myth. Myths in the volume are organized by regions of the world and cultures, such as Oceania, South East Asia, and Meso-America. In addition, twelve maps listing ancient cultures and charts on mythological figures will provide a broad overview of major deities in world mythology. Students, educators, and general readers will discover a broad critical and cultural survey that engages the contemporary imagination in the importance of myth, fairy tale, and other traditional literature. Key Features: Maps and Mythological Figures presents twelve maps and charts detailing the cultural or geographical placement of many of the deities, authors and tales in the volume; Mythology in the Classroom explains major approaches to studying mythology and fairy tales; A simple Lesson Plan on creation stories, accompanies the essay on teaching mythology in the classroom. The aim is to provide one model for comparative analysis; A Time Line lists major authors, publications, and events related to mythology and traditional literature; A Chronological Index of titles and a Culture and Country Index offer supplemental information on the overall coverage of the volume."--Publisher's website. |
| Subject |
Mythology.
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Mythology. (OCoLC)fst01031701
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| Added Author |
Salem Press.
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| Added Title |
World mythology |
| ISBN |
1619251825 |
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9781619251823 |
