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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Leeming, David Adams, 1937- World of myth. New York : Oxford University Press, 1990 (OCoLC)607785357 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David Adams Leeming |
| ISBN: | 0195056019 9780195056013 |
| OCLC Number: | 20670594 |
| Description: | xv, 362 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | I. Cosmic myths: Creation stories -- Flood stories -- Afterlife stories -- Apocalypse stories -- II. Myths of the gods: Pantheonic stories -- God as archetype -- Stories of archetypal gods -- Supreme being -- Great mother -- Dying god -- Trickster -- Stories of gods, goddesses, and lesser spirits -- III. Hero myths: Hero stories -- Conception, birth, and childhood of the hero -- Journey quest of the hero -- Rebirth, return, and apotheosis of the hero -- IV. Place and object myths: Stories of places and objects -- Mountain -- City -- Temple -- Genitals -- Stone -- Tree -- The garden, the grove, and the cave -- Labyrinth. |
| Responsibility: | David Adams Leeming. |
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