Title:
Thematic guide to world mythology / Lorena Stookey.
Author:
Stookey, Lorena Laura.
Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.
Call Number:
BL312 .S76 2004
Abstract:
This book examines 30 common motifs that thread their way through mythological tales across history and around the globe.
ISBN:
9780313315053
Physical Description:
xii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subject Term:
Contents:
Themes: The afterlife -- Animals in myth -- The apocalypse -- Changing ages -- The cosmic egg -- Creation myths -- Culture heroes -- Deluge motif -- Descent motif -- Earth-driver motif -- Emergence motif -- Etiological myths -- The fall -- Fertility myths -- Gods -- Goddesses -- Guardians -- Messengers -- Monsters -- Primal parents -- The quest -- The rainbow -- Sacred mountains -- Separation of Earth and sky -- Theomachy -- Tricksters -- Twins, pairs, and doubles -- The underworld -- The world tree -- Ymir motif.
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