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Creation Myths of the World 2 volumes
Author | : David A. Leeming |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 654 |
Release | : 2009-12-18 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781598841756 |
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The most comprehensive resource available on creation myths from around the world—their narratives, themes, motifs, similarities, and differences—and what they reveal about their cultures of origin. ABC-CLIO's breakthrough reference work on creation beliefs from around the world returns in a richly updated and expanded new edition. From the Garden of Eden, to the female creators of Acoma Indians, to the rival creators of the Basonge tribe in the Congo, Creation Myths of the World: An Encyclopedia, Second Edition examines how different cultures explain the origins of their existence. Expanded into two volumes, the new edition of Creation Myths of the World begins with introductory essays on the five basic types of creation stories, analyzing their nature and significance. Following are over 200 creation myths, each introduced with a brief discussion of its culture of origin. At the core of the new edition is its enhanced focus on creation mythology as a global human phenomenon, with greatly expanded coverage of recurring motifs, comparative themes, the influence of geography, the social impact of myths, and more.
Encyclopedia of Creation Myths
Author | : David A. Leeming,Margaret Adams Leeming |
Publsiher | : ABC-CLIO |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1994-06-30 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : IND:30000045056961 |
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In encyclopedic format, this book presents creations myths, beliefs of ancient civilizations around the world, including Greeks, Romans, and others.
World of Myths
Author | : Marina Warner,Felipe Fernández-Armesto |
Publsiher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2004-06-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0292706073 |
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Vol. two is a compilations of five books. Each author describes the cultural background, written sources, and continuing legacy of the major myths, illustrated throughout by archaeological and artistic evidence.
An Encyclopedia of Shamanism Volume 2
Author | : Christina Pratt |
Publsiher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2007-08-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1404210415 |
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Shamanism can be defined as the practice of initiated shamans who are distinguished by their mastery of a range of altered states of consciousness. Shamanism arises from the actions the shaman takes in non-ordinary reality and the results of those actions in ordinary reality. It is not a religion, yet it demands spiritual discipline and personal sacrifice from the mature shaman who seeks the highest stages of mystical development.
Babylonian Creation Myths
Author | : Wilfred G. Lambert |
Publsiher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 657 |
Release | : 2013-09-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781575068619 |
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For much of the last half of the twentieth century, W. G. Lambert devoted much of his research energy and effort to the study of Babylonian texts dealing with Mesopotamian ideas regarding creation, including especially Enuma Elish. This volume, which appears almost exactly 2 years after Lambert’s death, distills a lifetime of learning by the world’s foremost expert on these texts. Lambert provides a full transliteration and translation of the 7 tablets of Enuma Elish, based on the known exemplars, as well as coverage of a number of other texts that bear on, or are thought to bear on, Mesopotamian notions of the origin of the world, mankind, and the gods. New editions of seventeen additional “creation tales” are provided, including “Enmesharra’s Defeat,” “Enki and Ninmah,” “The Slaying of Labbu,” and “The Theogony of Dunnu.” Lambert pays special attention, of course, to the connection of the main epic, Enuma Elish, with the rise and place of Marduk in the Babylonian pantheon. He traces the development of this deity’s origin and rise to prominence and elaborates the relationship of this text, and the others discussed, to the religious and political climate Babylonia. The volume includes 70 plates (primarily hand-copies of the various exemplars of Enuma Elish) and extensive indexes.
A Dictionary of Creation Myths
Author | : David Adams Leeming,David Adams (Professor of English and Comparative Literature Leeming, University of Connecticut) |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Creation |
ISBN | : 0195102754 |
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Creation Myths
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Armadillo |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 2019-08-08 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1861478666 |
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Classic creation stories from ancient cultures around the world, a beautifully illustrated anthology of comparative mythology.