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Myths we live by /
Colin Grant challenges the popular use of "myth" as a dismissive designation of the superstitions and falsehoods of "other" cultures. The author maintains that myths occupy a place in our present-day lives that is every bit as important to us as the divinities and heroes of class...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ottawa [Ont.] :
University of Ottawa Press,
©1998.
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| Colección: | Religions and beliefs series ;
no. 8. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Colin Grant challenges the popular use of "myth" as a dismissive designation of the superstitions and falsehoods of "other" cultures. The author maintains that myths occupy a place in our present-day lives that is every bit as important to us as the divinities and heroes of classical antiquity were to the ancients. The myths themselves are in a constant state of flux and transformation. They ebb and flow, both within the context of wider culture and individual experience |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 181 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780776616605 0776616609 |