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The life-giving myth and other essays /
Myths are the expression of a form of knowledge essential to life. Including mainly previously unpublished work by A.M. Hocart the book examines such issues as: Why a queen should not have been married before; why a guest is sacred; why people are believed to have been turned into stone; how money o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge,
2004.
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| Colección: | Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography ;
092. Witchcraft, folklore, and mythology ; volume 3. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. The life-giving myth
- 2. Flying through the air
- 3. Turning into stone
- 4. The commong sense of myth
- 5. The purpose of ritual
- 6. Ritual and emotion
- 7. The origin of Monetheism
- 8. The divinity of the guest
- 9. Yakshas and Vaddas
- 10. Money
- 11. Modern critique
- 12. In the grip of tradition
- 13. Snobbery
- 14. Chastity
- 15. Saviours
- 16. The age-limit
- 17. Childhood ceremonies
- 18. Baptism by fire
- 19. Initiation and manhood
- 20. Initiation and healing
- 21. Tattooing and healing
- 22. Kinship systems
- 23. Blood-brotherhood
- 24. Covenants
- 25. The uterine nephew
- 26. Why study savages?
- 27. Are savages custom-bound?
- 28. From ancient to modern Egypt
- 29. India and the Pacific
- 30. Decadence in India.