Other People's Myths: The Cave of Echoes - Softcover

O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0028972953 ISBN 13: 9780028972954

Publisher: Macmillan USA, 1990

Synopsis

Explores the myths, stories, and tales that exist and are passed on within cultures, and their role in explaining natural phenomena and creating a common code

About this title

About the Author:

Wendy Doniger O'Flahertyis the Mircea Eliade Professor of the History of Religions in the Divinity School and a professor in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations and the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. She is the author of numerous books, including, most recently, "The Woman Who Pretended to Be Who She Was."

From the Back Cover:

Other Peoples' Myths celebrates the universal art of storytelling and the rich diversity of stories that people live by. Drawing on biblical parables, Greek myths, Hindu epics, and the modern mytholigies of Woody Allen and soap operas, the author encourages us to feel anew the force of myth and tradition in our lives and in the lives of other cultures.

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan USA
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0028972953
• ISBN 13: 9780028972954
• Binding: Paperback